THE 


SHAKSPEREAX    ORACLE. 


JOHN   CEUGER  MILLS. 


*  We  are  confident, 
We  shell  hear  niaaic,  wit,  aud  oraclk." 

Tkoilus  and  Cekbsika,  Acr  i.,  Scexi  in. 

"I  do  refer  you  to  the  Oracle." 

WraTEE's  Tale,  Act  m.,  Soknk  ii. 


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LIBRARY 

UNIVERSITY  OF  CALIFORNIA 

SANTA  BARBARA 


DIRECTIONS, 


"  Give  me  a  key  to  this, 
And  instantly  unlock  my  furtunes  liere." 

Mkrciiant  of  Venice. 


TiTERE  are  thirteen  questions,  and  to  each  question  there  are  fifty 
answers.  The  person  who  is  to  act  as  "  fortune  teller  "  must  take  the 
book,  and  ask  the  questions  in  the  order  in  which  they  are  arranged, 
and  as  each  question  is  asked,  the  inquirer  choses  a  number  (under  fifty 
of  course)  ;  the  "  fortune  teller  "  then  turns  to  the  number  chosen,  reads 
aloud  the  oracle  attached  to  it,  and  so  proceeds  through  the  thirteen 
qutstions. 

The  entertainment  is  much  enhanced  by  having  a  circle  of  inquirers, 
in  which  case  each  individual  must  choose  a  number  and  receive  an 
answer  to  the  question  asked  before  the  fortune  teller  proceeds  to  the 
next  question. 


THE  QUESTIONS. 


IN  THE  ORDER  IN  WHICH  THEY  ARE  TO  BB  ASKED. 


Page 
No.  1,    What  does  the  world  think  of  you  ? 7 

2.  What  is  the  personal  appearance  of  the  lady  you  love  ?     .      17 

3.  What  is  the  personal  appearance  of  him  you  love?    .        .      27 

4.  What  is  the  character  of  the  lady  you  love  ?      .        .        .37 

5.  What  is  the  character  of  him  you  love  ?      .        .        .        .47 

6.  When,  or  where,  will  you  first  meet? 57 

7.  What  will  the  one  you  love  be  doing  when  you  fb'st  meet  ?      67 

8.  What  will  the  one  you  love  say  to  you  ?      .        .        .        .79 

9.  What  must  you  do  to  win  the  one  you  love  ?       .    *    .        .98 

10.  Will  you  ever  be  married  ? 105 

11.  For  what  have  you  a  partiality  ? 117 

'l2i  What  will  you  have  occasion  to  fear?         ....    127 

"'  13.  What  is  your  destiny?           .......    137 


QUESTION   1. 


5Ei)at  Ilots  tit  SaorlU  Itinfe  of  gcu? 


"  Speak  of  me  as  1  am;  nothing  extenuate, 
Nor  set  down  aught  in  malice." 

Othello. 


"give  me  leave 
To  speak  my  mind." 

As  You  Like  It. 


WHAT  DOES  THE  WORLD  THINK  OF  YOTJ? 


1.  That  you  live — 

As  if  a  man  were  author  of  himself 
And  knew  no  other  kin. 

Coriolanus. 

2.  That  you  are  as  tedious  as  a  twice  told  tale. 

King  John. 

3.  It  were  a  vice  to  know  you. 

Hamlet. 

4.  That  he  that  depends 
Upon  your  favors,  swims  with  fins  of  lead, 
And  hews  down  oaks  with  rushes. — 
With  evei'y  minute  you  do  change  a  mind. 
And  call  that  noble,  that  was  now  your  hate, 
That  vile  that  was  your  garland. 

Coriolanns. 

6-     That  the  worst  fault  you  have,  is  to  be  in  love. 

As  You  Like  It. 
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10  WHAT   DOES   THE    WORLD   THINK   OV   YOU? 

6,  Your  name  is  great, 

In  mouths  of  wisest  censure. 

Othello. 

If,  Opinion  crowns  you 

With  an  imperial  grace. 

Trail  us  Sc  Cressida. 

8.  — A  world  of  vile,  ill-favored  faults, 

Looks  handsome  in  three  hundred  pounds  a  year. 
Merrrj  Wives  of  Windsor. 

9.  As  of  one  who  speaks  au  infinite  deal  of  nothing. 
Your  reasons  are  as  two  grains  of  wheat  in  two 
bushels  of  chaff:  one  shall  seek  them  all  day  ere  he 
find  them  ;  and  when  found,  they  are  not  worth  the 

search. 

Merchant  of  Venice, 

10.  You've  won  golden  opinions  from  all  sorts  of  people. 

Macbeth. 

11.  As  of  one  who  dulls  his  palm  with  entertainment 
Of  each  new-hatched,  unfledged  comrade. 

Hamlet. 

12.  That  you  are  not  worth  the  dust  which  the  rude  wind 

Blows  in  your  face. 

King  Lear. 

13.  That  tliou  hast. 
Neither  heat,  affection,  limb  nor  beauty, 
To  make  thy  riches  pleasant. 

Measure  for  Measure. 


WHAT    DOES   THE    WORLD    THINK    OF    YOU?  11 

14.  As  one  of  infinite  jest  and  most  excellent  fancy. 

Hamlet. 

15.  As  a  caudle,  the  better  part  burnt  out. 

Henry  IV. 

16.  None  are  so  poor  to  do  you  reverence. 

Julius  CcEsar, 

17-  That  you  have  ventured, 

Like  little  Manton  boys  that  swim  on  bladders, 
This  many  summers  in  a  sea  of  gloiy, 
But  far  beyond  your  depth. 

He7iry  VHl. 

18.  That  you  are  weary,  stale,  flat  and  unprofitable. 

Hamlet. 

19.  That  smoke  and  luke-warm  water 
Is  your  perfection. 

Timon  of  Athens. 

20.  As  of  one  on  whose  foolish  honesty 
Its  practices  ride  easy. 

King  Lear. 

21.  That  you  are  born  to  speak  all  mirth, 

And  no  mattei*. 

Much  Ado  about  A''othing. 

22-  I  am  almost  ashamed 

To  say  what  good  report  it  holds  you  in. 

Ki7is  John. 


12  WHAT   DOES   THE    WOULD   THINK   OF   TOU  ? 

23.  Your  integrity 
Stands  without  blemish. 

Measure  for  Measure. 

24.  It  thiulis  you  the  most  pathetical  brcali-promise. 
and  the  most  hollow  lover  that  may  be  chosen  out 
of  the  gross  band  of  the  uufaithful. 

As  You  Like  It. 

25^.     That  you  are  of  imagination  all  compact. 

Midsummer  JVigh^s  Dream. 

26V    All  tongues  speak  of  you,  and  the  bleared  sights 
Are  spectacled  to  see  you  ;  the  pi-attling  nurse 
Into  a  rapture  lets  her  baby  cry, 
While  she  chats  of  you. 

Coriolanus. 

27.  As  one  who  lacks  gall  to  make  oppression  bitter. 

Hamlet. 

28.  As  fit  for  the  mountains  and  the  barbarous  caves, 
Where  manners  ne'er  were  preached. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

29.  As  a  counterfeit  which,  being  touched  and  tried, 
Proves  valueless. 

Kiug  John. 

30.  Sick  in  the  world's  regard,  wretched  and  low. 

Henry  VI. 


WHAT    DOES    THE    WORLD    THINK    OF    YOU?  13 

31.  It  wonders 

Your  insolence  can  brook  to  be  commanded. 

Coriolanus. 

32.  You  are  gracious  in  the  people's  eye. 

Henry  VI. 

33.  You  bear  its  blushing  honors  thick  upon  you. 

Henry  VHI. 

34.  It  would  not  trust  your  own  report 
Against  yourself. 

Hamlet. 

35.  Nobody  marks  you. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

36.  That  you  are  one  of  those  gentl«  ones 
That  will  use  the  devil  himself  with 
Courtesy. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

37.  Giddy  people  flock  to  you. 

Henry  VI. 

38.  As  Sir  Oracle, 

And  when  you  ope  your  lips  let  no  dog  bark. 

Merchant  of  Venire. 

3y .        That  there  is  little  of  the  melancholy  in  you  ;  you 
are  never  sad  but  when  you  sleep,  and  not  even  sad 


14  WHAT   DOES   THE   WORLD   THIXK    OF   TOU  ? 

then,  for  I  have  heard  that  you  often  dream  of  mis- 
chief and  wake  yourself  laughing. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothin^. 


40.  Only  it  has  left  to  say 

More  is  thy  due,  than  more  than  all  can  pay. 

Macbeth. 


41.     That  idle  weeds  are  fast  in  growth. 

Richard  III. 


42.     You   have   sounded   all   the   depths   and   shoals  of 
honor. 

Henry  VIII. 


43.    It  cloes  applaud  you  to  the  very  echo, 
Which  does  applaud  ag-ain. 

Macbeth. 


44.     That  you  repent ;  marry  not  in  sackcloth  and  ashes 
but  in  new  silk  and  old  sack. 

Henry  IV. 


45.  That  you  are  to  one  thing  constant  never. 

Much  Alio  about  JVothin^. 

46.  As  of  the  most  notorious  geek  and  gull 
That  e'er  invention  played  on. 

Tivelfth  JVlght. 


WHAT   DOES   THE    WORLD   THrN"K   OF   TOn  ?  15 

47.  That  you  are  most  tolerable,  and  not  to  be  endured. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

48.  That  j-ou  possess  a  most  excellent  devil  of  wit. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

49.  It  says,  you  are  not  fair ;  that  you  lack  manners  ; 
it  calls  you  proud,  and  that  it  could  not  love  you, 
were  you  as  rare  as  Phoenix. 

As  You  Like  It. 

50.    That  you  never  were  forsworn  ; 

Scarcely  have  coveted  what  was  your  own  ; 
At  no  time  broke  your  faith  ;  would  uot  betray 
The  devil  to  his  fellow  ;  and  delight 

No  less  in  truth,  than  life. 

Macbeth. 


QUESTION   II. 

is  iit  ^Mjsonal  ^pptaranw  of  ttt  HLabs  Sou  SLobe? 


"  I  will  give  out  divers  schedules  of  her  beauty ;  it  shall  be  inventoried, 
and  every  particle  and  utensil  labelled  to  my  will:  as  item,  two  lips,  in- 
different red ;   item,  two  grey  eyes,  with  lids  to  them ;  item,  one  neck, 

one  chin,  and  so  forth." 

Twelfth  Mght. 

"We  will  draw  the  curtain  and  show  the  picture;  look  you,  sir." 

•  Twelfth  Mght. 


WHAT  IS  THE  PEESONAL  APPEARANCE  OF  THE 
LADY  YOU   LOVE] 


1,    She  looks  as  cleai* 

As  morning  roses  newly  washed  with  dew. 

Taming  the  Shrew. 

2'    Her  beauty  hangs  upon  the  cheek:  of  night, 
Like  a  rich  jewel  in  an  Ethiop's  ear. 

Romeo  and  Juliet, 


3,  She  is  too  low  for  a  high  praise,  too  brown  for  a 
fair  praise  ;  and  too  little  for  a  great  praise  ;  only 
this  commendation  I  can  afford  her,  that  were  she 
other  than  she  is,  she  were  unhandsome.  i. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

4,  Long  walked  hand  in  hand  with  time. 

Troilus  Sf  Cressida. 

5,    The  prettiest  low-born  lass,  that  ever 

Kan  on  the  gi-een  sward,  nothing  she  does  or  seema, 
But  smacks  of  something  greater  than  herself: 
Too  noble  for  her  place. 

Winterh  Tale. 


20  WHAT    IS    THE    PERSONAL    APPEARAXCE 

6.  She  has  brown  hair,  and  sjjeaks  small. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windnor. 

7.  'Tis  beauty  truly  blent,  whose  red  and  white. 
Nature's  own  sweet  and  cunning  hand  laid  on. 

Twelfth  Might. 

8.    inky  brows, black-silk  hair, 

bugle  eye-balls, cheek  of  cream. 

Airs  Well  that  Ends  Well. 

9.  She  excels  each  mortal  thing. 
Upon  the  dull  earth  dwelling. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

10.  Her  cheek  is  ready  with  a  blush, 

■  Modest  as  morning,  when  she  coldly  eyes 
The  youthful  Phoebus. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 

11.  The  unmatched  form  and  feature  of  blown  youth. 

Hamlet. 

12.  Of  nature's  gifts,  she  may  with  lilies  boast, 
And  with  the  half-blown  rose. 

Eing  John. 

13.  Excellently  done,  if  God  did  all. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

14.  God  has  given  her  one  face,  and  she  makes  herself 

another. 

Hamlet. 


OF   THE   LADY   YOU   LOVK  ?  21 

15,  Her  face,  the  book  of  praises,  where  is  read 
Nothing  but  curious  pleasures. 

Pericles. 

16.  A  goodly  lady,  trust  me,  of  the  hue 

That  I  would  choose,  were  I  to  choose  aaew. 

Titus  Andronicus. 

17.    her  beauty  claims, 

No  worse  a  husbaud,  than  the  best  of  men. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

18.  Her  eyes  are  lode-stars ;  and  her  tongue's  sweet  air, 
More  tuneable  than  lark  to  shepherd's  ear. 

When  wheat  is  green,  when  hawthorn  buds  appear. 
Midsummer  JVight's  Dream. 

19,  In  her  youth 

There  is  a  pure  and  speechless  dialect, 
Such  as  moves  men. 

Measure  for  Measure. 

20.  Most  radiant,  exquisite,  and  unmatchable  beauty. 

Twelfth  J\right. 

21,  Her  eye  in  heaven 

Would  through  the  airy  region  stream  so  bright. 
That  birds  would  sing,  and  think  it  were  not  night. 
>  Romeo  and  Juliet. 

22,    She  has  a  leathern  hand, 

A  free-stone  colored  hand  ;  I  verily  did  think 


22  WHAT   IS  THE    PERSONAL  Al'PEAEAN'CE 

That  her  old  gloves  were  on  ;  but  'twas  her  hand ; 
She  has  a  huswife's  hand. 

As  You  Like  It. 

23.    She  in  beauty,  education,  blood, 

Holds  rank  with  any  princess  of  the  world. 

King  John. 

24.  What  peremptory,  eagle-sighted  eye, 
Dares  look  upon  the  heaven  of  her  brow, 
That  is  not  blinded  by  her  majesty. 

Love's  Labor  Lost. 

25.  -A-S  bright  and  clear. 

As  yonder  Venus  in  her  glimmering  sphere. 

Midsummer  JMght's  Dream. 

26.  Scratching  could  not  make  it  worse 
An  'twere  such  a  face  as  yours. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

27.  She  hath  a  pretty  foot, 
A  cherry  lip, 

A  bonny  eye,  a  passing  pleasing  tongue. 

Richard  III. 

28.  She  is  fair  as  a  fair  day  in  summer,  wondrous  fair. 

Pericles. 

29.  Heaven  bless  her. 

She  has  the  sweetest  face  I  ever  looked  on. 

Sir,  as  I  live,  she  is  an  angel. 

Henry  VUT. 


OF   THE   LADY    YOU   LOVE?  23 

30.     A  withered  hermit,  five  score  winters  worn, 
Might  shake  off  fifty,  looking  in  her  eye. 

Love's  Labor  Lost. 


31,    Her  beauty  does  astonish  the  survey 

Of  richest  eyes ;  her  words,  all  souls  take  captive. 
AlVs  Well  that  Ends  Well. 


32.    An  excellent  complexion,  which  does  steal 
The  eyes  of  young  and  old. 

Pericles. 


33.  She  hangs  her  head, 

As  flowers  with  frost,  or  grass  beat  down  with  storm. 
Titus  Andronicus. 


34.    The  sweetest  lady  that  I  ever  looked  on. 

Much  Ado  about  JVbthing, 


35.  The  all-seeing  sun 

Ne'er  saw  her  match,  since  first  the  world  begun. 
Romeo  and  Juliet. 

36.  A  February  face, 

Full  of  frost,  of  storm  and  cloudiness. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

37.  The  hand  that  made  her  fair,  made  her  also  good. 

Measure  for  Measure. 


24  WHAT   IS    THE    PERSONAL    AFFEAKANCE 

38.        'i'liat  she   is  fair,  is  most  infallible  ;   that  she   is 
beauteous,  truth  itself. 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 


39.  You  are  as  rich,  in  having  such  a  jewel. 

As  twenty  seas,  if  all  their  sand  were  pearl, 
The  water  nectar,  and  the  rocks  pure  gold. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

40.  She  has  a  good  eye,  she  can  see  a  church  by  daylight. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

41.  Fairer  than  tongue  can  name  her. 

Richard  IIL 


42.  Her  warped  looks  proclaim 

What  stone  her  heart  is  made  of. 

Kins  Lear. 


43.    Green  and  pale 

Macbeth. 


44.     There's  language  in  her  eye,  her  cheek,  her  lip, 
Nay,  her  foot  speaks. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 


45.    Her  looks  do  argue  her  replete  with  modesty  ; 
Her  words  do  show  her  wit  incomparable  ; 
All  her  perfections  challenge  sovereignty. 

Henry   VL 


OF   THE   LADY   YOU   LOVE?  25 

46.  Oh !  queen  of  queens,  how  far  she  doth  excel. 
No  thought  can  think,  no  mortal  tongue  can  tell. 

Love's  Labor  Lost. 

47.  The  most  replenished  sweet  work  of  nature. 
That  from  the  prime  creation,  e'er  she  framed, 

Richard  III. 

48-     Her  lovely  face  rules  like  a  wandering  planet. 

Henry   VI. 

49.  Of  all  complexions  the  culled  sovereignty, 
Do  meet  as  at  a  fair,  in  her  fair  cheek. 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 

50.     the  most  peerless  piece  of  earth 

That  e'er  the  sun  shone  bright  on, 

Winterh  Tale. 


QUESTION   III, 


SSIfcat  is  tji  ^Sjrsonal  flpptarantt  of  '^\m  gou  HLofct? 


"  To  be  a  well-favored  man  is  the  gift  of  fortune." 

Much  Ado  abmit  Nothing. 

"What  was  he  like? 
I  have  forgot  him." 

AlVs  Well  that  Ends  Well. 

"Fair  maid,  send  forth  tliine  eye;  this  youthful  parcel 
Of  noble  bachelors  stand  at  my  bestowing." 

All's   Well  that  Ends  Well. 


WHAT  IS  THE  PERSONAL  APPEABANCE  OF  HIM 
YOU  LOVE] 


1.     It  is  a  pretty  youth 


He'll  make  a  proper  man  :  the  best  thing  in  him 
Is  his  complexion  ;  and  faster  than  his  tongue 
Does  make  offence,  his  eye  does  heal  it  up. 
He  is  not  tall,  yet  for  his  years  he's  tall : 
His  leg  is  but  so  so  :  and  yet  'tis  well : 
There  is  a  pretty  redness  in  his  lip.* 
A  little  riper  and  more  lusty  red 
Than  that  mixed  with  his  cheek  ;  'tis  just  the  differ- 
ence 
Betwixt  the  constant  red  and  mingled  damask. 

As  You  Like  It. 


2.     He's  fat  and  scant  o'  breath. 

Hamlet. 


3,  He  has  but  a  wee  face,  with  a  little  yellow  beard. 

Merry   Wives  of  Windsor. 

4.  Ah!  what  a  deal  of  scorn  looks  beautiful 
In  the  contempt  and  anger  of  his  lip. 

Twelfth  Might. 


30  WHAT  rH  iHt;  riiUsoxAi.  afpeara\-C'B 

5.  A  hungTv,  Icaa-fa^ed  man, 

A  mere  anatomy,  a  mountebank. 

A  thread-bare  juggler,  and  a  fortune-teller. 

Comedy  of  Errom. 

6.  A  sweet-faced  man  ;  a  proper  man  as  one  shall  <(>e 
in  a  summer's  day  ;  a  most  lovely,  gentlemanlike 
man. 

Midsummer  JVighfs  Dream. 

7.  A  sweeter  and  a  lovelier  gentleman. 
Framed  in  the  prodigality  of  nature. 
Young,  valiant,  wise. 

The  spacious  earth  cannot  afford  again. 

Richard  III. 


8.     The  glass  of  fashion  and  the  mould  of  form. 
The  observed  of  all  observers. 

Hamlet. 


9.         The  tartness  of  his  face  sours  ripe  grapes,  aii'l 
when  he  walks,  he  moves  like  an  engine. 

Coriolantts. 


10.     careful  hours,  with  time's  deformed  hand 

Have  written  strange  defeatures  in  his  face. 

Comedy  of  Errors 

11.  He  wears  the  rose  of  youth  upon  him. 

Jlntony  and  Cleopatrn. 


OF    HIM    YOU    LOVE.  ?  31 

12.     No  mortal 's  so  magnificent. 

Love's  Labor  Lost. 


13.  One  that  is  well  nigh  worn  to  pieces  with  age, 
Yet  shows  himself  a  young  gallant. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

14.  Each  particular  hair  does  stuud  on  end 
Like  quills  upon  the  fretful  porcupine. 

Hamlet. 


15.  Not  old  enough  for  a  man,  nor  young  enough  foi 
a  boy ;  he  is  very  well  favored,  and  speaks  eery 
shrewishly. 

Twelfth  Might. 

16.  Why  this  is  he 

That  kissed  away  his  hand  in  courtesy  ; 
This  is  the  ape  of  form,  monsieur  the  nice, 
That,  when  ht  plays  at  tables,  chides  the  dice 
In  honorable  terms  j        *         *        *         *        ♦ 
*        *        *  the  ladies  call  him  sweet  ; 

The  stairs,  as  he  treads  on  them,  kiss  his  feet : 
This  is  the  flower  that  smiles  on  every  one, 
To  show  his  teeth  as  white  as  whales'  bone. 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 


17.        He  has  a  good  leg,  and  a  good  foot,  and  money 
enough  in  his  purse  to  win  any  woman  in  the  world. 
Much  Ado  about  JVothins- 


32  WHAT   IS   THE    PERSONAL    APPEARANCE 

18.  A  brittle  glory  shineth  in  his  face. 

Richard  II. 

19.  A  very  foolish  fond  old  man, 
Fourscore  and  upwards. 

Kins  Lear. 


20.     He  has  a  shape  to  win  grace,  though  he  had  no  wit. 

Love's  Labor  Lost. 


21.     His  looks  are  full  of  peaceful  majesty. 

His  head  by  nature  framed  to  wear  a  crown. 

Henry  VI. 


22.     Youth  and  comeliness  pluck  all  gaze  his  way. 

Coriolanus. 


23.  The  knave  is  handsome,  young  ;  and  has  all  those 
requisites  in  him  that  folly  and  green  maids  look 
after. 

Othello. 

24.     Is  he  not  stupid 

With  age  and  altering  rheums?    Can  he  speak? — 

hear  ? 
Know  man  from  man  ?  dispose  his  own  estate  ? 

Winter^s  Tale. 


25.     —  he  droops — like  over-ripened  corn 

Hantring  the  head  at  Ceres'  plenteous  load. 

Henry    VI. 


OF   HIM    YOU    LOVE  ?  33 

26.  A  school  boy  with  his  satchel, 
And  shining  morning  face. 

As  You  Like  It. 

27.  He  is  the  mark  and  glass,  copy  and  book, 
That  fashions  others.  A  wondrous  him  ! 
A  miracle  ot  men : 

Henry  IV. 

28.  He  is  deformed,  crooked,  old  and  sere ; 

111  faced,  worse  bodied,  shapeless  everywhere. 

Comedy  of  Errors. 


29.        He  hath  but  a  little  beard,  but  time  will  send  him 
more  if  the  man  be  thankful. 

As  You  Like  It. 


30.  He  hath  a  stern  look,  but  a  gentle  heart. 

King  John, 

31.  So  lean  that  blasts  of  January 
Will  blow  him  through  and  through. 

Winter^s  Tale. 

32.  Neither  the  accent  of  Christian,  nor  the  gait  of 
Christian,  pagan,  nor  man ;  he  so  struts  and  bellows 
that  I  have  thought  that  some  of  nature's  journey- 
men had  made  him,  and  not  made  him  well,  he  imi- 
tates humanity  so  abominably. 

Hamlet. 
■2* 


34  WHAT   IS   TUE   PERSONA!.   APPEARANCE 

33.  Will  you  not  observe 

The  strangeness  of  his  altered  countenance? 
With  what  a  majesty  he  bears  himself. 

Henry  VI. 

34.  Passed 

Into  the  lean  and  slippered  pantaloon  ; 
With  spectacles  on  nose,  and  pouch  on  side ; 
The  youthful  hose,  well  saved,  a  world  too  wide 
For  his  shrunk  shank  ;  and  his  big  manly  voice. 
Turning  again  towards  childish  treble,  pipes 
And  whistles  in  his  sound. 

As  You  Like  It. 


35.  Does  he  not  hold  up  his  head,  as  it  were, 
And  strut  in  his  gait  ? 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

36.  His  hair's  upreared,  his  nostril  stretched, 

His  well  proportioned  beard  left  rough  and  ragged. 

Henry  VI. 

37.  The  strain  of  man  bred  out 
Into  baboon  and  monkey. 

Timon  of  Athens. 

38.  Trimmed  like  a  yonker  prancing  to  his  love. 

Henry  VI. 

39.  The  front  of  Jove  himself ; 

An  eye  like  Mars,  to  threaten  and  command  ; 


OF   HiM    YOD   LOVE?  35 

A  station  like  the  herald  Mercury 
New-lighted  on  a  heaven  kissing  hill ; 
A  combination  and  a  form  indeed, 
Where  every  god  did  seem  to  set  his  seal, 
To  give  the  world  assurance  of  a  man. 

Hamlet. 

40.  Of  ashy  semblance,  meagre,  pale  and  bloodless. 

Henry  VI. 

41.  There  is  either  liquor  in  his  pate,  or  money  in  his 
purse,  he  looks  so  merry. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

42.  -A-  lean  cheek,  a  blue  eye  and  sunken  ;  a  beard 
neglected,  hose  ungartered,  bonnet  unhanded,  sleeve 
unbuttoned,  shoe  untied,  and  everything  about  him 
denoting  a  careless  desolation. 

As  You  Like  It. 

43.  He  does  swell  his  face  into  more  lines,  than  are  in 
the  new  map  with  the  augmentation  of  the  Indies. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

44.  Let  him  sell  his  face  for  five  pence  and  'tis  dear. 

King  John. 

45.  He  capers,  he  dances,  he  has  the  eyes  of  youth  ; 
He  writes  verses,  he  speaks  holiday. 

He  smells  April  and  May. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 


36  WHAT    IS    THE    PERSONAL   APPEAKANCE    ETC!. 

46.    A  robustious,  periwig-pated  fellow. 

Hamlet. 

47. his  brow,  like  to  .a  title-page, 

Foretells  the  nature  of  a  tragic  volume. 

Henry  IV. 

48.  A.  fair  round  belly  with  good  capon  lined, 
With  eyes  severe,  and  beard  of  formal  cut. 

As  You  Like  It. 

49.  His  very  hair  is  of  the  dissembling  color, 
Something  browner  than  Judas'. 

JIs  You  Like  It. 

50.  Has  he  not  a  moist  eye  ?  a  dry  hand  ?  a  yellow 
cheek?  a  white  beard  ?  a  decreasing  leg?  an  increas- 
ing belly  ?  Is  not  his  voice  broken  ?  his  chin  double  ? 
his  wit  single  ?  and  every  part  about  him  blasted 
with  antiquity  ? 

Henry  IV. 


QUESTION   IV. 


is  t\)t  (ILlKxaiUx  of  Ifit  3LaIi2  jou  BLofct? 


"  Love  looks  not  with  the  eyes,  but  with  the  mind, 
And  therefore  is  winged  Cupid  painted  blind." 

JUidsummer  NighVs  Lh'eam. 

"  Tou  that  choose  not  by  the  view. 
Chance  as  fair,  and  choose  as  true." 

Merchant  of  Venice. 


WHAT  IS  THE  CHAE,ACTER  OF  THE  LADY  YOU  LOVE  1 


1,     to  praise  her,  were 

To  gild  refined  gold,  to  paint  the  lily, 

To  throw  a  perfume  on  the  violet, 

To  smooth  the  ice,  to  add  another  hue 

Unto  the  rainbow,  or  with  taper-light 

To  seek  the  beauteous  eye  of  heaven  to  garnish. 

King  John. 

2,     she  is  so  intolerably  curst. 

And  shrewd,  and  froward,  so  beyond  all  measure, 
That  were  my  estate  far  worser  than  it  is 
I  would  not  wed  her  for  a  mine  of  gold. 

Tammg  the  Shrew. 

3,  Nature  never  framed  a  woman's  heart  of  prouder 

stufiF. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

4,  O  !  she  is  gentle,  mild,  and  virtuous. 

Richard  TIL 

5,  She  will  keep  no  fool,  sir,  until  she  be  marrierl. 

Twelfth  JVight. 


40  WHAT   IS    THE   CHARACTER   OP 

6.         The  mute  wonder  lurketh  in  men's  ears, 
To  steal  her  sweet  and  honeyed  sentences. 

Henry  V. 


7,  She  will  weep  for  nothing,  like  Diana  in  the  foun- 
tain, when  thou  art  disposed  to  be  merry ;  and  will 
laugh  like  a  hyena  when  thou  art  disposed  to  sleep. 

As  You  Like  It. 


8.     Sacred  and  sweet  is  all  I  see  in  her. 

Taming  the  Shrew. 


9,     A  maiden  never  bold  ; 

Of  spirit  so  still  and  quiet,  that  her  motion 
Blushes  at  herself 

Othello. 


10.    She  is  peevish,  sullen,  froward, 

Proud,  disobedient,  stubborn,  lacking  duty. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 


11.  Her  voice  is  soft  and  low, 

An  excellent  thing  in  woman. 

King  Lear. 


12.     0,  when  she  is  angry,  she  is  keen  and  shrewd ; 
She  was  a  vixen  when  she  went  to  school ; 
And  thonch  she  be  but  little,  she  is  fierce. 

Midsummer  JVighVs  Dream. 


THE    LADY    TOO    LOVE?  41 

13.  Disdain  and  scorn  ride  sparkling  in  her  eyes. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

14.    like  a  sweet  melodious  bird  she  sings 

Sweet  varied  notes,  enchanting  every  ear. 

Titus  Andronicus, 

15.  She  is  a  virtuous,  and  a  reverend  lady. 

Comedy  of  Errors. 

16.  Modest  as  justice,  and  she  seems  a  palace 
For  crowned  truth  to  dwell  in. 

Pericles. 


17.  She  Is  effeminate,  changeable,  longing  and  liking; 
proud,  fantastical,  apish,  shallow,  inconstant,  full  of 
tears,  full  of  smiles  ;  for  every  passion  something, 
and  for  no  passion  anything  ;  will  now  like  thee, 
now  loathe  thee,  then  entertain  thee,  then  forswear 

thee. 

As  You  Like  It. 


18.    A  carbuncle  entire,  as  big  as  thou  art, 
Were  not  so  rich  a  jewel. 

Coriolanus. 


19,  A  virtuous  gentlewoman,  mild  and  beautiful. 

Two  Gentletiien  of  Verona. 

20.  She  will  come  near  your  beauty  with  her  nails, 
And  set  her  ten  commandments  in  your  face. 

Henry  VI. 


42  WHAT   IS    THE   CHARACTER   OP 

21.     a  good  lady,  and  a  wise  and  virtuous, 

I  tell  you,  he  that  can  lay  hold  on  her 
Shall  have  the  chinlis. 

Romeo  atid  Juliet, 

22.  She'll  comb  your  noddle  with  a  three-legged  stool, 
And  paint  your  face,  and  use  you  like  a  fool. 

Taming  the  Shreic 

23.  So  perfect  and  so  peerless,  she's  created 
Of  every  creature's  best. 

Tempest. 

24.  She  had  rather  hear  her  dog  bark  at  a  crow,  than 
a  man  swear  he  loves  her. 

Much  Ado  about  JS^othing. 

25  Chaste  as  the  icicle 

That's  curded  by  the  frost  trom  purest  snow, 
And  hangs  on  Dian's  temple. 

Coriolanus. 

26.  A  belle  in  her  parlor,  a  wild  cat  in  her  kitchen, 
A  saint  in  her  injuries,  a  devil  being  offended. 

Othello. 

27.  She  taketh  most  delight  in  music,  instruments,  and 

poetry. 

Taming  the  Shy-cw. 

28.  A  very  forward  March  chick. 

Much  Jldo  about  .Kothing. 


THE   LADT   YOU  I-OVE  ?  43 

29.  Of  good  discourse,  an  excellent  musician. 

Much  Adu  about  JVothin^. 

30.  She  bears  a  purse  ;  she  is  a  region  in  Guiana, 
All  gold  and  bounty. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

31.  Trust  not  the  cunning  waters  of  her  eyes. 

King  John. 

32.  She's  a  most  exquisite  lady ;  a  most  fresh  and 
delicate  creature. 

Othello. 

33.  She'll  hamper  thee,  and  dandle  thee  like  a  baby. 

Henry   VI. 

34.  She  will  be  bright,  and  shine  in  pearls. 

Titus  Andronictis. 

35.  Her  passions  are  made  of  nothing  but  the  finest 
part  of  pure  love. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra, 

36.  She  speaks  poniards,  and  every  word  stabs. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothinfi;. 

37.  She  is  so  free,  so  kind,  so  apt,  so  bless-ed  a  dispo- 
sition, that  she  holds  it  a  vice,  in  her  goodness,  not 
to  do  more  than  is  requested. 

Othello. 


44  WHAT   IS   THE    CHARACTER   OP 

38.  A  heart  unspotted,         *        *        * 

The  purest  spring  is  not  more  free  from  mud. 

Henry  VI. 

39.  She  is  in  her  salad  days, 
Green  in  judgment,  cold  in  blood. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 


40.     She  is  importunate  ;  indeed  distract ; 
Her  mood  will  needs  be  pitied. 

Hamlet, 


41.  Out  of  measure  sad. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

42.  Full  of  repentance, 
Coniinual  meditations,  tears  and  sorrows. 

Henry  VJIJ. 

43     Of  great  estate,  of  fresh  and  stainless  youth. 

Twelfth  JVight. 


44.    Full  of  warm  blood,  of  mirth,  of  gossipping. 

King  John. 


45.  You  shall  find  her  the  infernal  Ate  in  good  ap- 
parel ;  all  disquiet,  horror,  and  perturbation  follow 
her. 

Much  Ado  about  A''othing. 


THE    LADY    YOU    LOVE  ?  45 

46.  She  is  as  wise  as  siie  is  beautiful. 

Midsummer  JVight's  Dream, 

47.  She  does  outstrip  all  praise, 
And  makes  it  halt  behind  her. 

Tempest. 

48.  I  would  my  horse  had  the  speed  of  her  tongue. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

49.  She  puts  her  tongue  a  little  in  her  heart, 
And  chides  with  thinking. 

Othello. 

50.  She'll  never  tell  her  love  ; 

But  let  concealment,  like  a  worm  i'  the  bud. 
Feed  on  her  damask  cheek  ;  she'll  pine  in  thought, 
And,  with  a  green  and  yellow  melancholy. 
She'll  sit  like  Patience  on  a  monument. 
Smiling  at  Grief. 

Twelfth  Alght. 


QUESTION   V. 


is  tl)«  dfiaractir  of  |t).tm  jou  lobt? 


"Ipr'y  thee, let  me  be  better  acquainted  wuh  thee." 

As   You  Like  It. 


■Shall  I  produce  tlie  man  '  " 

King  John, 


WHAT  IS  THE  CHARACTER  OF  HIM  YOTJ  LOVE  1 


1.  He  sits  among  men  like  a  descended  god  ; 
He  hatli  a  Iciiid  of  lionor  sets  Iiim  off, 
More  tlaan  a  mortal  seeming. 

Cymbeline. 

2.  A  feallier  for  cacli  wind  that  blows. 

Winters  Tale. 

3.  In  liis  brain, 

"Which  is  as  dry  as  the  remainder  biscuit 
After  a  voyage,  he  hath  strange  places  crammed 
With  observation,  the  which  he  vents 
In  mangled  form. 

j3s  You  Like  It. 

4.  He  is  complete  in  feature  and  in  mind, 
With  all  good  grace,  to  grace  a  gentleman. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verom. 

5.  He  talks  like  the  vulgar  sort  of  market  men, 
That  come  to  gather  money  for  their  corn. 

Henry   VI. 


t>0  WHAT    IS   THE    CHARACTER 

6.  "         Gentle,  but  unfortunate, 

Dishonestly  afflicted,  but  yet  honest. 

Cynibeline. 

'J,     His  nature  is  too  noble  for  the  world  : 

He  would  not  flatter  Neptune  for  his  trident. 

Or  Jove,  for  his  power  to  thunder  ;   his  heart's  hia 

mouth  ; 
What  his  breast  forges,  that  his  tongue  must  vent. 

Coriolanus. 

8,  He  woos  both  high  and  low,  both  rich  and  poorj 
both  young  and  old. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor, 

9.  A  man  whose  blood 

Is  veiy  snow  broth  ;  and  one  who  never  feels 
The  wanton  stings  and  'motions  of  the  sense, 
But  doth  rebate  and  blunt  his  natural  edge 
With  profits  of  the  mind,  study,  and  fact. 

Measure  for  Measure. 

10.  The  noblest  mind  he  carries 
That  ever  governed  man. 

Timon  of  Athens, 

11,  A  discontented  gentleman, 

^Vhosc  humble  means  match  not  his  haughty  mind. 

Richard  III 


12,     a  knight  well  spoken,  neat,  and  fine. 

But  were  I  you,  he  never  should  be  mine. 

r./ o  Gentlemen  nf  l^(ron-7. 


OF   HIM   TOU   LOVE  ?  51 

13.  Given  to  taverns,  and  sack,  and  wine,  and  metlieg- 
lins,  and  to  drinliiugs,  and  swearings,  and  starings, 
pribbles  and  prabbles. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 


14.  An  adventurous  spirit ; 

He  would  o'erwalk  a  current,  roaring  loud, 
On  the  unsteadfast  footing  of  a  spear. 

Henry  IV. 


15.  He  has  a  lean  and  hungry  look  ; 

He  thinks  too  much ;  such  men  are  dangerous. 
"Would  he  were  fatter  I 

Julius  CcBsar. 


16,    Upon  his  brow  shame  is  ashamed  to  sit ; 

For  'tis  a  throne  where  honor  may  be  crowned 
Sole  monarch  of  the  universal  earth. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


17.    An  obstinate  heretic  in  despite  of  beauty. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 


18.    In  faith  he  is  a  worthy  gentleman  ; 
Exceedingly  well  read,  and  profited 
In  strange  concealments  ;  valiant  as  a  lion. 
And  wondrous  affable  ;  and  as  bountiful 
As  mines  of  India. 

Henry  IV. 


52  WHAT   IS   THE    CHARACTER 

19.  There's  something  in  his  soul, 
O'er  which  his  melancholy  sits  on  brood. 

Hamlet. 

20.  He  wears  bis  faith  but  as  the  fashion  of  his  hat : 
It  ever  changes  with  the  next  block. 

Much  Ado  about  JSTothing. 

21.  His  words  are  bonds,  his  oaths  are  oracles  ; 
His  love  sincere,  his  thoughts  immaculate  ; 
His  tears  pure  messengers  from  his  heart ; 

His  heart  as  far  from  fraud,  as  Heaven  from  Earth. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 


22.    He  makes  a  July's  day  short  as  December. 

Winter^  Tale. 


23.    a  reverend  father 

Whose  beard  the  silver  hand  of  peace  hath  touched ; 
Whose  learning  and  good  letters  peace  hath  tutored  ; 
Whose  white  investments  figure  innocence  ; 
The  dove,  and  very  blessed  spirit  of  peace. 

Henry  IV. 

24.  He  writes  brave  verses,  speaks  brave  words, 
Swears  brave  oaths,  and  breaks  them  bravely. 

An  You  Like  It. 

25.  He  is  as  valiant  as  the  lion,  churlish  as  the  bear, 
slow  as  the  elephant ;  a  man  into  whom  nature  has 
eo  crowded  humors,  that  his  valor  is  crushed  into 


OP  HIM   YOU    LOVE  ?  53 

folly  ;  his  folly  is  sauced  with  discretiou  ;  there  is  no 
man  hath  a  virtue  that  he  hath  not  a  glimpse  of 
it ;  nor  any  man  an  attaint,  but  he  carries  some 
stain  of  it. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 

26.  A  very  valiant  man ;  he  hath  an  excellent  stomach. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

27.  A  most  incomparable  man  ;  breathed,  as  it  were, 
To  an  untirable  and  continuate  goodness. 

Timon  of  Athens. 

28.  He's  a  justice  of  peace. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor, 

29.  He  is  full  of  the  milk  of  human  kindness. 

Macbeth. 

30.  His  life  is  gentle  ;  and  the  elements 

So  mixed  in  him,  that  nature  might  stand  up 
And  say  to  all  the  world,  this  is  a  man. 

Julius  CcBsar. 

31.  A  fellow  of  infinite  jest,  of  most  excellent  fancy. 

Hamlet. 

.  32.  From  the  crown  of  his  head  to  the  sole  of  his  foot 
he  is  all  mirth ;  he  has  a  heart  as  sound  as  a  bell, 
and  his  tongue  is  the  clapper  ;  for  what  his  heart 
thinks  his  tongue  speaks. 

Much  .Ido  about  A^othing. 


54  AVHAT    IS    THE    CUAKaCTEK 

33.        The  unruly  waywardness,  that  infirm  and  choleric 
yeai's  bring  with  them. 

King  Lear. 


34.     As  just  a  man, 

As  e'er  my  conversation  coped  withal. 

Hamlet. 


35.  He  has  a  tear  for  pity  and  a  hand, 
Open  as  day  for  melting  charity  ; 

Yet  notwithstanding,  being  incensed,  he's  flint ; 
As  humorous  as  winter,  and  as  sudden 
As  flaws  congealed  in  the  spring  day. 

Henry  IV. 

36,  He  will  give  good  words  to  thee,  and  will  flatter 
Beneath  abhorring. 

Coriolanus. 


37.     He  is  too  costly  for  every  day  ; 

You  would  want  another  for  working  days. 

Much  Ado  about  A^othing. 


38.    He  reads  much ; 

He  is  a  great  observer,  and  he  looks 

Quite  through  the  deeds  of  men  :  he  loves  no  play^. 

He  hears  no  music ; 

Seldom  he  smiles,  and  smiles  in  such  a  sort. 

As  if  he  mocked  himself,  and  scorned  his  spirit 

That  could  be  moved  to  smile  at  anything. 

Jitlins  CcRsar. 


OF   HIM    YOU    LOVE?  55 

39.  I  never  heard  of  such  a  drawling,  aflfectiug  rogue. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

40.  He  is  of  noble  strain,  approved  valour,  and  eon- 
firmed  honesty. 

Much  Ado  about  J\''othing. 

41.  One  that  for  his  love  dares  yet  do  more, 
Than  you  have  heard  him  brag  to  you  he  will. 

Twelfth  Alght. 

42.  The  gentleman  is  learned,  and  a  most  rare  speaker, 
To  nature  none  more  bound  ;  his  training  such. 
That  he  may  furnish  and  instruct  great  teachers, 
And  never  seek  for  aid  out  of  himself. 

Henri/  IV, 

43.  Truly  an  honest  gentleman. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

44. a  poor  player, 

That  struts  and  frets  his  hour  upon  the  stage; 

Macbeth. 

45.  A  soldier 

Full  of  strange  oaths,  and  bearded  like  a  pard. 
Jealous  in  honor,  sudden  and  quick  in  quarrel. 
Seeking  the  bubble  reputation 
Even  at  the  cannon's  mouth. 

As  You  Like  It, 

46.  He  will  maintain  you  like  a  gentlewoman. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 


66  WHAT   IS    THE    CHARACTER,    ETC. 

47.  A  man  that  fortune's  buffets  and  rewards 
Hast  ta'en  with  equal  thanks. 

Hamlet. 

48.  A  son  who  is  the  theme  of  honor's  tongue  ; 
Amongst  a  grove,  the  very  straightest  plant ; 
Who  is  sweet  fortune's  minion  and  her  pride. 

Heitry  If. 

49.  A  gentleman  who  loves  to  hear  himself  talk,  and 
will  speak  more  in  a  minute,  than  he  will  stand  tc 
in  a  month. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

60.     Though  from  an  humble  stock,  undoubtedly 

Was  fashioned  to  much  honor.    From  his  cradle 
He  was  a  scholar,  and  a  ripe  and  good  one  ; 
Exceeding  wise,  fair  spoken  and  persuading  ; 
Lofty  and  sour  to  them  that  love  him  not ; 
But  to  those  that  seelc  him,  sweet  as  summer. 
And  tliough  he  be  unsatisfied  in  getting 
(Which  is  a  sin),  yet  in  bestowing,  madam. 
He  is  most  princely. 

Ilnry    VHl. 


QUESTION    VI. 


OMf)m,  or  Mi^m,  toiU  sou  Jirst  iHltit? 


'0,  mistress  mine,  where  are  you  roaming? 
0,  stay  and  hear ;  your  true  love  's  coming, 

That  can  sing  both  high  and  low : 
Trip  no  further,  pretty  sweeting, 
Tourneys  end  in  lovers  meeting, 
Every  wise  man's  son  doth  Icnow." 

Twelfth  Nignt. 

"Trip  away; 
Malie  no  stay , 
Meet  me  all,  by  breali  of  day." 

Midsummer  NighVs  Dream. 


WHEN,  OR  WHERE,  WILL  YOU  FIRST  MEETT 


1.  In  the  pleached  bower  ; 
Where  honey-suckles,  ripened  by  the  sun. 
Forbid  the  sun  to  enter. 

Much  Ado  about  JYothing. 

2.  Even  when  the  eastern  gate,  all  fiery  red, 
Opening  on  Neptune  with  fair  blessed  beams, 
Turns  into  yellow  gold,  his  salt-greea  streams. 

Midsummer  JVigkfs  Dream. 

3.  'Mid  summer  fields  and  fruitful  vines. 

Richard  III. 

4.  In  an  unweeded  garden, 
That  grows  to  seed. 

Hamlet. 

5.  To-morrow  night,  when  Phoebe  doth  behold 
Her  silvery  visage  in  the  watery  glass, 
Decking  vn'ii  liquid  pearl,  the  bladed  grass. 

Midsummer  JSTight^s  Dream. 


(50  WHEN,    OR   WHERE,    WILL   TOU   FIRST   MEET? 

6.      on  the  dreadful  summit  of  a  cliff. 


Hamlet. 


7.  Beneath  moss'd  trees, 
Tliat  have  outlived  the  eagle. 

Timon  of  Athena. 

8.     underneath  the  grove  of  sycamore, 

an  hour  before  the  worshipped  sun 

Pours  forth  the  golden  window  of  the  east. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

9.  On  an  evening  so  stilled, 

As  hushed  on  purpose  to  grace  harmony. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

10.  Where  the 

Brook  makes  sweet  music  with  the  enamelled  stones, 
Giving  a  gentle  kiss  to  every  sedge. 
He  overtaketh  in  bis  pilgrimage. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

11.  Upon  a  barren  mountain,  in  still  winter  ; 
In  storm  perpetual. 

Winter's  Tale. 


12.  Merrily,  merrily,  youll  meet,  I  trow, 
Under  the  blossom  that  hangs  on  the  bough. 

Tempest. 

13,  When  the  unfolding  star  calls  up  the  shepherd. 

Measure  for  Measure. 


WHEN,   OR   WHERE,  WILL   TOU    FIRST   MEET  ?  61 

14.  When  daisies  pied,  and  violets  blue, 

And  lady-smocks  all  silVer-white, 
And  cuckoo  buds  of  yellow  hue. 

Do  paint  the  meadows  with  delight ; 
"When  cuckoos  sing  on  every  tree. 
Cuckoo ! — 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 

15.  That  time  when  screech-owls  cry,  and  barn-dogs  howl, 
And  spirits  walk,  and  ghosts  break  up  their  graves. 

Henry   VI. 

16.  When  crickets  sing,  and  man's  o'erlabored  sense 
Repairs  itself  by  rest. 

Cynibeline, 

17.  When  day  begins  to  break,  and  night  is  fled. 
Whose  pitchy  mantle  overveiled  the  earth. 

Henry  VI. 


18.     At  a  sheep-shearing. 

Winter's   Tale. 


19.  When  every  thing  doth  make  a  gleeful  boast ; 
When  birds  chant  melody  on  every  bush  ; 
WTien  snakes  lie  rolled  in  the  cheerful  sun; 
When  green  leaves  quiver  with  the  cooling  wind. 
And  make  a  chequered  shadow  on  the  ground. 

Titus  Jlndroniciis. 

20.  Midst  wind,  rain,  and  thunder. 

Pericles. 


62  WHEN,    OR   WHERE,   WILL   YOU   FIRST   MEET? 

21.     Under  the  shade  of  melancholy  boughs. 

Jls  You  Like  It. 


22.    In  some  remote  and  desert  place. 

Winter^s   Tale. 


23.  When  dying  clouds  contend  with  growing  light ; 
What  time  the  shepherd,  blowing  of  his  nails, 
Can  neither  call  it  perfect  day  or  night. 

Henry  VI. 

24.  Under  an  oak,  whose  antique  root  peeps  out 
Upon  the  brook  that  brawls  along  the  wood. 

As  You  Like  It. 


25.    In  the  chapel. 

Hamlet. 


26.     When  grey-eyed  morn  smiles  on  the  frowning  night, 
Checkering  the  eastern  clouds  with  streaks  of  light ; 
And  flecked  darkness,  like  a  drunkard,  reels 
From  forth  the  pathway,  made  by  Titan's  wheels. 
Romeo  and  Juliet. 


27.     By  the  parlor  fire. 

Taming  the  Shrew. 


28.    Wlien  the  moon  shines  bright 

And  the  sweet  wind  does  gently  kiss  the  trees. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 


WHEN,   OR  WHERE,   WILL   YOU   FIRST  MEET?  63 

29.  When  o'er  the  one-half  world 
Nature  seems  dead,  and  wicked  dreams  abuse 
The  curtained  sleep  ;  when  witchcraft  celebrates 
Pale  Hecate's  oflerings  ;  and  withered  murder 
Alarumed  by  his  sentinel  the  wolf, 

towards  his  design 

Moves  like  a  ghost. 

Macbeth. 

30.  When  the  sun  sets,  and  air  doth  drizzle  dew. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

31.  Where  there's  a  willow  grows  aslant  the  brook, 
That  shows  his  hoar  leaves  in  the  glassy  stream. 

Hamlet 


32.    Beside  a  bank  whereon  the  wild  thyme  blows, 
Where  ox-lips  and  the  nodding  violet  grows  : 
Quite  over-canopied  with  lush  woodbine, 
With  sweet  musk-roses,  and  with  eglantine. 

Midsummer  JMghfs  Dream. 


33.  In  the  morn  and  liquid  dew  of  youth. 

Hamlet. 

34.  When  the  morn  is  bright  and  grey. 

When  fields  are  fragrant,  and  the  woods  are  green. 
Titus  Andronicus. 


35.    In  a  sheep-cote  fenced  about  with  olive  trees. 

As  You  Like  It. 


64  WHEN,   OR  WHERE,    WILL   YOU   FIRST  MEET? 

36.  When  morning  opes  her  golden  gates, 
And  takes  her  farewell  of  the  glorious  sun. 

Henry  VI. 

37.  On  turfy  mountain,  where  live  nibbling  sheep. 

Tempest. 

38.  Within 

A  barren,  detested  vale 


The  trees,  though  summer,  yet  forlorn  and  lean, 
O'ercome  with  moss,  and  baleful  misletoe  : 
Where  never  shines  the  sun,  where  nothing  breeds, 
Unless  the  nightly  owl,  or  fatal  raven. 

Titus  Andronicus. 

39.  Before  the  wheels  of  Phoebus,  round  about 
Dapples  the  drowsy  east  with  spots  of  grey. 

Much  Ado  about  JYothing. 

40.  In  the  happy  hollow  of  a  tree. 

mng  Lear 

41.    in  grove  or  green, 

By  fountain  clear,  or  sparkling  starlight  sheen. 

Midsummer  JVight's  Dream. 

42.  Upon  a  high  and  pleasant  hill. 

Timon  of  Athens. 

43.  When  the  blessed  moon 

Doth  tip  with  silver  all  the  fruit  tree-top3. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


WHEN,   OR   WHERE,   WILL   YOU   FIRST   MEET?  65 

44.  Even  where  merchauts  most  do  congregate. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 

45.  "When 

The  dragon  wing  of  night  o'erspreads  the  earth. 
Troilus  and  C'ressida. 

46.     in  the  wood,  a  league  without  the  town. 

Midsummer  JYight's  Dream. 

47.  'Mong  sweet  beds  of  flowers 

Love  thoughts  lie  rich,  when  canopied  with  bowers. 

Twelfth  J\right. 

48.    ill  the  wood 

Where  bloom  faint  primrose  beds. 

Midsicmmer  JVighfs  Dream. 

49.  TVTien 

Night's  candles  are  burnt  out,  and  jocund  day- 
Stands  tip-toe  on  the  misty  mountain-tops. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

50.  When  icicles  hang  by  the  wall, 

And  Dick  the  shepherd  blows  his  nail, 
And  Tom  bears  logs  into  the  hall, 

And  milk  comes  frozen  home  in  pail. 
When  blood  is  nipped,  and  ways  le  foul, 
When  nightly  sings  the  staring  owl, 

To-who  ; 
To-whit,  to-who,  a  merry  note. 
While  greasy  Joan  doth  keel  the  pot. 

Love's  Lnhor  Lost. 


QUESTION  VII. 


ESfeat  Jnill  t{)t  ©nt  jou  i.ok  k  110(115  Suficn:  jou  first  ntcjt? 


"  Give  me  a  gracious  message." 

Antony  and  Cleopatra.    Act  II.  Scene  P. 

" like  a  rat  without  a  tail, 

I'll  do,  I'll  do,  I'll  do." 

Macbeth.    Act  I.  Scexc  III. 


WHAT  WILL  THE  ONE  YOU  LOVE  BE  DOING  WHEN 
YOU  FIRST  MEET] 


1.  Lady. — Keeping  house,  washing,  wringing,  brew- 
ing, baking,  scouring,  dressing  meat  and  drink,  and 
making  beds. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

1.  Gent. — He'll  be  drunk,  but  drunk  with  those  that 
have  the  fear  of  God,  and  not  with  drunken  knaves. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

2.  Going  to  Church. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

3.  Tearing  the  cave  where  echo  lies, 
"With  repetition  of  the  loved  one's  name. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

4.  Lady. veiled,  she'll  be  walking, 

Watering  her  chamber  round 

With  eye-offending  brine. 

Twelfth  JVight. 


70  WHAT   VriLL   THE   ONT;    YO0   LOVE 

4.  Gent. — Making  aa  ale-house  of  my  lady's  house 
and  squeaking  out  his  cobler's  snatches  without  any 
mitigation  or  remorse  of  voice. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

5.  Blubbering  and  weeping ;  weeping  and  blubbering 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


6.     Squeaking  and  gibbering  in  the  city  streets. 

Hamlet. 


7.     X.ac?,y.^Preparing  the  dinner. 

Ring  Lear, 

7.     Gent. like  a  puffed  and  reckless  libertine. 

He'll  be  the  primrose  hill  of  dalliance  treading. 
Recking  not  his  own  read. 

Hamlet. 


8.  Tearing  your  letter  into  a  thousand  half-pence. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

9.    with  baked  meats 

Coldly  furnishing  forth  the  marriage  tables. 

Hamlet. 

10.     Lady. with  chestnuts  in  her  lap, 

She'll  mounch  and  mounch  and  mounch. 

Macbeth. 


BE    DOING   WHEN    YOU   FIEST   MEET?  71 

10.     Gera^— Killing  swiue. 

Macbeth. 


11,     Fetching  in  fuel. 

Teinpest. 


12.  Mewling  and  puking  in  the  nurse's  arms. 

As  You  Like  It. 

13.  Bellowing  like  bulls,  or  rather  lions. 

Tempest. 

14.  Lady. — Stealing  into  the  covert  of  the  wood. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

14.  Gent. — Seeking  the  bubble  reputation, 
Even  at  the  cannon's  mouth. 

As  You  Like  It. 

15.  Going  to  a  feast  to  read  and  domineer. 
Be  mad  and  merry. 

Taming  the  Shrew. 

16.  Inquiring  thy  lodging  out. 

Merchant  of  Venice.  a 

17.  Creeping  like  a  snail 
Unwillingly  to  school. 

As  You  Like  It. 


72  WHAT  WILL  THE   ONE   TOU  L0V£1 

18.     Lady. — Spending  her  prodigal  wits  in  bootless  rhyme 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 


18.     Gent. —  Carousing  with 

Potations  pottle  deep. 


Othello. 


19.    Eating  the  swimming  frog,  the  toad,  the  tadpole. 

King  Lear. 


20.     Drowning  cats  and  blind  puppies. 

Othello, 


21.     Sleeping  to  engross  the  idle  body. 

Instead  of  praying  to  enrich  the  soul. 

Richard  lit. 


22.     Lady. sitting  on  a  bank 

Weeping. 

Tempest. 


22.  Getit. — Capering  nimbly  iu  a  lady's  chamber. 

Richard  III. 

23.  Calling  for  dates  and  quinces. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


24,     Eating  a  crocodile. 

Hamlet. 


BE    DOIXG    WHEN   TOC    FIRST   MEET?  73 

25.     Lady. — Eating  her  dinner. 

Tempest. 

25.     Gent.  Enforcing 

A  thievish  living  on  the  common  road. 

As  You  Like  It. 


26.     Lending  out  money. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 


27.     Lady. — SheHl  be  with  two  right  reverend  fathers, 
Divinely  bent  on  meditation. 

Richard  III. 

27.  Gent. — Herding  with  swine  and  rogues  forlorn. 
In  short  and  musty  straw. 

King  Lear. 

28.  Catterwauling. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

29.  Lady. — Sitting  upon  the  church  bench. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 


29.     Gent. — Swearing  horribly. 

Twelfth  JVight. 


30.  Lady. — ^Buying  three  pounds  of  sugar,  five  pounds 
of  currants,  four  pounds  of  prunes,  and  as  many  of 
raising. 

D'uittrn  Tale. 
4 


74  WHAT    WILL    THE    ONE    YOU    LOVE 

30,     Gent. — The  fool  slides  o'er  the  ice. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 


31.    Running  after  a  gilded  butterfly. 

Coriolantta. 


32.    Lady. —  Ransacking 

A  pedlar's  pack. 

Winter^s  Tale, 


32.     Gent. — Smoking. 

Coriolanta. 


33.    Killing  flies. 

Coriolanus. 


34.     Lady. — Madly  playing  with  her  forefathers'  bonea. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


34.     Gent. — Walking  in  thievish  ways. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


35.    Sleeping  within  an  orchard. 

Hamlet. 


36.     Living  upon  the  vapor  of  a  dungeon. 

OfheU.:. 


BE    DOING   WHKX   YOU   FliiST   MEET  ?  75 

37.     Lady. — The' poor  soul  will  sit  sighing  by  a  sycamore 
tree, 
Singing  all  a  green  willow  ; 
Her  hand  on  her  bosom,  her  head  on  her  knee, 
Singing  willow,  willow,  willow. 

Othello. 


37.     Gent. — Lying  in  swinish  sleep. 

Macbeth. 


38.     Sitting  by  the  fire. 

Coriolanus. 


39,     Shaking  down  mellow  fruit. 

Coiiolatius. 


40.    Lady. — Playing  the  idle  huswife. 

Coriolatius. 


40.  Gent. — Washing  his  nose,  which  bled. 

Coriolanus. 

41.  Going  to  be  married. 

King  John. 

42.  Lady. — Sighing  like  a  furnace. 

As  You  Like  It. 

42.     Gent. — Winding  up  the  watch  of  his  wit. 

Tempest. 


76  WHAT   WILL   THE    OXE   TOO   LOVE 

43.  Disturbed  by 

The  sad  companion,  dull-eyed  melancholy. 

Pericles. 


44.     Riding  your  horse. 

Twelfth  JVight. 


45.     Lady. — Licking  her  fingers. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


45.     dent. — Mocking  his  charge  with  snores. 

Macbeth. 


46.  Growing  fat  with  feasting. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra, 

47.  Being  entertained  by  a  perfumer. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 


48,    Going  to  the  play. 

Hamlet. 


49.  Doing  such  things, — 

What  they  are  I  know  not,  but  yet  they  are 
The  terrors  of  the  earth. 

King  Lear. 


60.     Lady. — Playing  the  housewife  for  this  once. 

Pompo  and  Juliet. 


BE   DOING   WUEX   YOU   FIRST   MEET?  77 

50.     Gent. —  Beating  the  surges  under  him, 

And  riding  upon  their  backs  ;  treading  the  water, 

Whose  enmity  he  flings  aside,  and  breasting 

The  surge  most  swoln  that  meets  him  ;  his  bold  head 

'Bove  the  contentious  \yaves  keeping,  and  oaring 

Himself  with  his  good  arms  in  lusty  stroke 

To  the  shore. 

Tempest. 


QUESTION  VIII. 


S^iiat  foil!  tit  ©nt  jou  iobt  532  to  pou? 

"  Wliat  said  he  ?" 

"Speak,  I  am  bound  to  hear." 

"List,  list,  Olist!" 

Eamlet.    Act  I.  Scene  V.  and  Act  II.  Scene  I. 


WHAT  WILL  THE  ONE  YOU  LOVE  SAY  TO  YOU  1 


1.     Lady. — Dost  thou  love  me  ?  I  know  thou  wilt  say  ay  ; 
Aud  I  will  take  thee  at  thy  word, 
If  thou  dost  love  pronounce  it  faithfully. 

Ro7neo  and  JulieL 


1.     Gent, — If  I  profane  with  my  unworthy  hand 
This  holy  shrine,  the  gentle  fine  be  this, 
My  lips  two  blushing  pilgrims  ready  stand 
To  smooth  that  rough  touch  with  a  tender  kiss. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


2.  I  will  have  thee  ;  but  by  this  light  I  take  thee 
from  pity.  I  would  not  deny  you  ;  but  by  this  good 
day,  I  yield  upon  great  persuasion,  and  partly  to 
save  your  life. 

Much  Jldo  about  JVothins- 


3.    I  love  thee  not,  therefore  pursue  me  not. 

Midf:uiiimer  JYight's  Dream. 
4* 


S2  WHAT   WILL   THE    OXE    YOV    LOVE   SAY   TO    YOU  ? 

4.  0  let  me  kiss  thy  haad. 

King  Lear. 

5.  Lady. — Lord  !  I  would  not  eadure  a  husbaad  with  a 

beard  on  his  face. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

5.  Gent. — ^Excellent  wench !     Perdition  catch  my  soul, 
But  I  do  love  thee !  and  when  1  love  thee  not 
Chaos  is  come  again. 

Othello. 

6.  I  do  beseech  you 
Wiat  is  your  name  ? 

Tempest. 

7.  Lady. — I  am  your  wife  if  you  will  marry  me. 

Tempest. 

7.  Gent. — I  will  kiss  your  hand  and  so  leave  you. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

8.  I  must  hear  from  you  every  day  i'  the  hour, 
For  in  a  moment  there  are  many  days. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

9.  Doubt  that  the  stars  are  fire. 

Doubt  that  the  sun  doth  move, 
Doubt  truth  to  be  a  liar, 
But  never  doubt  I  love. 

Hamlet. 


WHAT  WIIX   THE   O.VE    TOU   LOVE   SAT   TO   YOtJ  ?  83 

10.     Zarfy.— Where  dwell  you,  pretty  youth  ? 

Jls  You  Like  It. 

10.  Gent.~l  pray  you  do  not  fall  in  love  with  me  ? 
For  I  am  falser  than  vows  made  in  wine. 

^^s  You  Like  It. 

11.  From  all  such  Devils  good  Lord  deliver  me  ! 

Taming  the  Shrew. 

12.  Lady.—Y\\  not  wed,— I  cannot  love, 

I  am  too  young,  I  pray  you  pardon  me. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

12.  Gent.—        Only  give  me  leave, 
Unworthy  as  I  am,  to  follow  you. 

Midsummer  JVight's  Dream. 

13.  iarfy.— To-night  we  hold  a  solemn  supper,  sir, 
And  I'll  request  your  presence. 


13.     Gent.— I  am  drunk. 


Macbeth. 


Othello. 


14.  Hear  my  soul  speak  ; 

The  very  instant  that  I  saw  you,  did 
My  heart  fly  to  your  service. 


Tempest. 


84     WHAT  WILL  THE  ONE  TOO  LOVE  SAY  TO  YOU  ? 

15.  Will  you  sup  with  me  to-night  ? 

Julius  C(Bsar. 

16.  Lady. — Pray  you  stand  further  from  me. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

16.  dent. — I  am  maimed,  madam. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

17.  Lady. — Sweet    youth,   I    pray   you   chide    a    year 

together ; 
I'd  rather  hear  you  chide,  than  others  woo. 

As  You  Like  IL 

17,  Gent. —  Your  father  has  consented 

That  you  shall  be  my  wife  ;  your  dowry's  "greed  on ; 
And,  will  you,  nill  you.  I  will  marry  you. 

Tamiiig  the  Shrew. 

18.  Oiit  of  i^y  sight,  and  never  see  me  more  ! 

King  John. 


19.     Lady. — Peace,  fool. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 


19,  Gent. — Sweet,  above  thought  I  love  thee. 

Troilus  (uid  Cressida. 

20.  I  would  you  were  my  bird. 

Vet  I  should  kill  ihco  with  much  cherishing. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


WHAT  WILL  THE  ONE  YOD  LOVE  SAY  TO  YOU  ?     85 

21.  My  poverty,  and  not  my  will,  consents. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

22.  Lady. — If  that  thy  bent  of  love  be  honorable, 
Thy  purpose  marriage  ;  send  me  word  to-morrow 
By  one  I  will  procure  to  send  to  thee. 

Where,  and  what  time  thou  wilt  perform  the  rite 

And  all  my  fortunes  at  thy  feet  I'll  lay, 

And  follow  you,  my  lord,  throughout  the  world. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

23.  Gent. — Reason  becomes  the  master  of  my  will, 
And  leads  me  to  your  eyes  ;  where  I  o'erlook 
Love's  stories  written  in  love's  richest  book. 

JUidsummer  JVight's  Dream. 

23.  Farewell,  dear  heart,  since  I  must  needs  be  gone. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

24.  I  have  loved  you  night  and  day, 
For  many  weary  months. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 


25.     Lady. — Come,  you  promised  me  a  tawdry  lace,  and 
pair  of  sweet  gloves. 

Winter's  Tale. 


25      Gent. — Avaunt  thou  witch. 

Comedy  of  Error.s. 


86  WHAT   WILL   TUE    ONE    YOU   LOVE   SAT   TO   TOU  ? 

26.  Give  me  some  music. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

27.  Lady. —       '  Hence 
Horrible  villain  !  or  I'll  spurn  thine  eyes 
Like  balls  before  me  ;  I'll  unhair  thy  head  : 

Thou  shalt  be  whipped  with  wire,  and  served  in  brine  ; 
Sm-arting  in  lingering  pickle. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

27.  Gent. — I  will  be  married  to  a  wealthy  widow, 
Ere  three  days  pass. 

Taming  the  Shrew, 

28.  Why  you're  a  devil,  a  devil,  a  very  fiend. 

Taming  the  Shrew. 


29.     We  must  talk  in  secret. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


30.     I  do  not  flatter  thee. 

But  houor  thee,  and  will  do  till  I  die. 

Titus  Andronicus. 

31.  Lady. — Sir,  you  and  I  must  part. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 

31.     Gent. —  I  was  won 

With  thy  first  glance. 

Troilux  and  Cressida. 


WHAT  WELL  THE  ONE  TOU  LOVE  SAT  TO  TOD  ?     87 

32.  Thou  art  thyself,  mine  own  self's  better  part  ; 
Mine  eye's  clear  eye,  my  dear  heart's  dearer  heart  ; 
My  food,  my  fortune,  and  my  sweet  hope's  aim, 
My  sole  earth's  heaven,  and  my  heaven's  claim. 

Comedy  of  Errors. 

33.  Lady.—VW  have  no  husband  if  you  be  not  he. 

As  You  Like  It. 

33.  Gent. — I'll  ne'er  wed  woman  if  you  be  not  she. 

Jls  You  Like  It. 

34.  I  will  not  bite  you. 

Antony  an'd  Cleopatra. 

35.  Tell  me, 

How  stands  your  disposition  to  be  married. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

36.  Lady. — O  cut  my  lace,  lest  my  heart  cracking  it. 
Break  too. 

Winters  Tale. 

36.  Cent. — Let  me  embrace  thee. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 

37.  You  are  no  surer,  no, 
Than  is  the  coal  of  fire  upon  the  ice, 
Or  hailstones  in  the  sun. 

Coriolaiiiis. 


WHAT  WILL  THE  ONE  YOU  LOVE  SAY  TO  YOU  ? 


38.     Lady. — Bless  me  from  marrying  a  usurer. 

Winter^s  Tale. 


38,     Gent. — You  have  bereft  me  of  all  words,  lady. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 


39.     Think  not  I  love  you. 

As  You  Like  It. 


40.  I  will  confess  to  you  that  I  love  you. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

41.  Lady. — Though  I  loved  you  well,  1  wooed  you  not  ; 
And  yet,  good  faith,  I  wish'd  myself  a  man ; 

Or  that  we  women  had  men's  privilege 

Of  speaking  first. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 

41.  Gent. —  0  let  me  kiss 

This  princess  of  pure  white,  this  seal  of  bliss. 

Midsummer  JVighfs  Dream. 

42.  Lady. —  For  you, 

I  would  bo  trebled  twenty  times  myself, 

A  thousand  times  more  fair,  ten  thousand  times  more 

rich. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 


42.     Gent. — Give  me  your  hand  and  say  you  will  be 
mine. 

.Measure  for  .Measure. 


WHAT  WILL  THE  OXE  YOU  LOVE  SAT  TO  YOU  ?     89 

43.     Lady. — Fair  youth,  I  would  I  could  make  thee  believe 
that  I  love  thee. 

As  You  Like  It. 


43.     Gent. — Mislike  me  not  for  my  complexion, 
The  shadow'd  livery  of  the  burnished  sun. 
To  whom  I  am  a  neighbor,  and  near  bred. 
I  tell  thee,  lady,  this  aspect  of  mine 
Hath  feared  the  valiant ;  by  my  love,  I  swear, 
The  best-regarded  virgins  of  our  clime 
Have  lov'd  it  too  :  I  would  not  change  this  hue, 
Except  to  steal  your  thoughts  my  gentle  queen, 

Merchajit  of  Venice. 


44.     Lady. —  0  would 

That  Heaven  had  made  me  such  a  man. 

Othello. 


44.     Gent. — Poor  soul,  thy  face  is  much  abused  with  tears. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


45,    I  never  loved  you  much. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 


46.     Lady. —  There's  no  trust, 

No  faith,  no  honesty  in  men  ;  all  perjured. 
All  forsworn,  all  naught,  all  dissemblers. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


90  WHAT   WILL   THE    ONE    YOU    LOVE   SA  y   TO    YOU? 

46.     Gent. —  Full  many  a  lady, 

I  have  eyed  with  best  regard  ;  and  many  a  time 
The  harmony  of  their  tongues  hath  into  bondage 
Brought  my  too  diligent  ear  ;  for  several  virtues 
Have  I  lik'd  several  women  ;  never  any 
With  so  full  soul,  but  some  defect  in  her 
Did  quarrel  with  the  noblest  grace  she  ow'd, 
And  put  it  to  foil.    But  you,  0  you. 
So  perfect  and  so  peerless,  are  created 
Of  every  creature's  best. 

Tempest. 


47.     Lady. — Hang  all  the  husbands. 

IVinters  Tale. 


47.     Gent. — Look  how  this  ring  encompasseth  thy  finger, 
Even  so  thy  breast  encloseth  this  poor  heart ; 
Wear  both  of  them,  for  both  are  thine. 

Richard  III. 


Lady. —  I  will  deny  thee  nothing. 

Othello. 


49.  I  do  desire  we  may  be  better  strangers. 

As  You  Like  It. 

50,  Lady. —  I  had  as  lief  be  wooed  of  a  snail  as  you, 
ay,  of  a  snail ;  for  though  ho  comes  slowly,  he 
carries  his  house  on  his  head  ;  a  bt^tter  jointure  I 
think  than  you  can  make  a  woman. 

Jls  You  Like  It. 


WHAT    WILL    TUK    OXE    YOV    l.iJVK    SAY    TO    YOC  ?  91 

50.     (^ent. — Hearing  thy  mildness  praised  in  every  town, 
Thy  virtues  spoke  of,  and  thy  beauties  sounded, 
Myself  am  moved  to  woo  thee  for  my  wife. 

Tmnitis  the  Shr-eir. 


QUESTION   IX. 


SMJat  must  gou  Ho  to  SSiit  %  ®t«  fou  3Lo6£? 


"  What  should  we  do  P  " 

Samlet. 

"  What  wilt  thou  do  ?  *  *  * 
******* 
Zounds !  show  me,  what  thou  'It  do." 

Hamlet, 

"  Too  light  winning 
Makes  the  prize  light." 

Tempest. 

"  An  honest  tale  speeds  best,  being  plainly  told." 

Jiio/iard  III. 


WHAT  MUST  YOTJ  DO  TO  WIN  THE  ONE  YOU  LOVET 


1,  Neithek  a  borrower,  nor  a  lender  be  : 
For  loan  oft  loses  both  itself  and  friend  ; 
And  borrowing  dulls  the  edge  of  husbandry. 
This,  above  all :  to  thine  own  self  be  true. 

Hamlet. 

2,  Cease  your  flow  of  riot. 

Timon  of  Athens. 

3,    violent  delights  have  violent  ends, 

And  in  their  triumph  die  ;  like  fire  and  powder 

Which,  as  they  kiss,  consume  : 

Therefore,  love  moderately  ;  long  love  doth  so  ; 
Too  swift,  amves  as  tardy  as  too  slow. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

4,  Lady. — Wring  him  by  the  nose. 

Henry  VI. 

4,     Gmt, — Attain  a  beard. 

Midsummer  J^ight^n  Dream. 


96       WHAT   MUST   TOD   DO   TO   WIN   THE    ONE    YOU   LOVE  ? 

5.     be  constant  as  the  northern  star, 

Of  whose  true-fixed,  and  resting  quality, 
There  is  no  fellow  in  the  firmament. 

Julius  Ccesar, 

6.  Tell  truth,  and  shame  the  devil. 

Henry  IV. 

7.     play  one  scene 

Of  excellent  dissembling ;  and  let  it  look 
Like  perfect  honor. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 


8.     If  thou  dost  love,  pronounce  it  faithfully. 

Romeo  and  Juliet . 


9.     Walk  softly,  look  sweetly,  and  say — nothing. 

Much  Ado  about  JYothing. 

10.  Follow 

"With  no  less  confidence 
Than  boys  pursuing  summer  butterflies. 

Coriolanus. 


11,        Lady.    persevere,  counterfeit  sad  looks  ; 

Make  mouths  upon  him,  when  he  turns  his  back. 

JUidsummer  J^ight's  Dream. 


11,         Gent.     - — — ■  steal  the  impression  of  her  fantasy 
With  bracelets  of  thy  hair,  rings,  gauds,  conceits ; 


WHAT  MUST  YOU  DO  TO  WIN  THE  ONE  YOU  LOVE?   97 

Knacks,  trifles,  nosegays,  sweetmeat-; ;  messengers 
Of  strong  prevailment  in  unbardened  youth. 

Midsummer  JKlght's  Brenm 

12.     Do  not  drink. 

Hamlet. 


13.  A  round,  uuvarnished  tale  deliver 
Of  your  whole  course  of  love. 

Othello. 

14.  Look  you  lisp,  and  wear  strange  suits. 

As  You  Like  It. 


15.     Wash  your  face,  and  keep  your  teeth  clean. 

Coriolamis. 


16.  Do  penance 

With  bitter  fasts,  with  penitential  groans. 
With  nightly  tears,  and  daily  heart-sore  sighs. 

Two   Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

17.  Lady. — Take  your  sweetheart's  hat   and  pluck  it 
o'er  your  brow.-. 

Winter's  Tale. 

17.         Gent. — Sigh  like  a  furnace,  with  a  woful  ballad 
made  to  your  mistress'  eyes. 

As  You  Like  /  . 
5 


98      WHAT       MUST    YOU    DO    TO    WIN    THE    ONK    TOU    LOVE  ? 

18.  Deck  your  body  in  gay  ornaments. 

Henry  VI. 

19.  Put  money  in  thy  purse. 

Othello. 

20.  Ask  not  advice  of  any  other  thought 
But  faithfulness  and  courage. 

Pericles. 

21.  Lady. — Be  all  made  of  sighs  and  tears, 
All  adoration,  duty,  and  observance. 

As  You  Like  It. 

21.     Gent. — You  must  amend  your  drunkenness. 

Twelfth  Might. 

22. l^e  as  patient  as  a  gentle  stream, 

And  make  a  pastime  of  each  weary  step, 
Till  the  last  step  have  brought  you  to  your  love ; 
And  then  you'll  rest,  as,  after  much  turmoil, 
A  blessed  soul  doth  in  Elysium. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

23.    Put  on  the  pale  complexion  of  true  love. 
Or  the  red  glow  of  scorn  and  proud  disdain. 

As  You  Like  It. 


24.        Lady. — Drop  tears,  as  fast  as  the  Arabian  trees 

Their  medicinal  gum. 

Othello. 


WHAT    Ml'ST    TOU    DO    TO    WfX    THE    ONE    YOU    LOVE?        "J9 

24.   "      Gent. — Teach  yourself  that  honorable  stop, 
Not  to  outsport  discretion. 

Othello. 


25.    Lose  all  mii'th,  forego  all  custom  of  exercise. 

Hamlet. 


26.  Mend  your  speech  a  little, 
Lest  it  may  mar  your  fortunes. 

King  Lear. 

27.  Lady. — G^t  youi*  apparel  together  ;  good  strings 
to  your  beads,  new  ribbons  to  your  pumps. 

Midsummer  Alght's  Dream. 

27.  Gent. — In  her  bosom  unclasp  thy  heart, 
And  take  her  hearing  prisoner  with  the  force 
And  strong  encounter  ot  thy  amorous  tale. 

Much  Jldo  about  A''othing. 

28.  Wisely  and  slow  ;  they  stumble  that  run  fast. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

29.  Use  ceremonious  vows  of  love. 
And  ample  intei'change  of  sweet  discourse. 

Richard  IIL 

30.  Lady. — Mingle  teai's  with  smiles. 

Coriolanus. 


100  WHAT  MUST  YOU  DO  TO  WIN  TUE  OXE  TOU  LOV£  ? 

30.  Genl. — Forswear,    thin,    potations,    and     addict 
yourself  to  saclc. 

Henry  IV. 

31. sacrifice  your  tears,  your  sighs,  your  heart ; 

Write  till  your  ink  be  dry  ;  and  with  your  tears 
Moist  it  again  ;  and  frame  some  feeling  line 
That  may  discover  your  integrity. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

33.     Let  your  tongue  unload  your  heart's  great  burden. 

Henry  VI. 

33.     Bt'  tliou  familiar,  \>\\t  by  no  means  vulgar. 

Hamlet. 


£4.     Write  loyal  cantos  of  contemned  love, 

And  sing  them  loud  even  in  the  dead  of  night  ; 
Holla  your  name  to  the  reverberate  hills. 
And  make  the  babbling  gossip  of  the  air 
Cry  it  out. 

Twelfth  J\ri!^';f. 

35.     Seem  despiteful  and  ungentle. 

.^s  Von  Like  It. 

£5.     Let  policy  sit  above  conscience. 

Timon  of  Athens. 

37.     Speak  low,  if  you  speak  love, 

Much  Ado  about  JVothinff. 


WHAT   MUST    YOU    DO    TO    WIN    THE    ONE    YOU    h.)VE  .'       101 


38.    Upoa  the  heat  and  flame  of  thy  distemper, 
Sprinkle  cool  patience. 

Hamlet. 


39,    be  better  at  thy  leisure, 

And  be  patient. 

King  Leur. 

40.  Lady. — Consume  away  in  sighs. 

Much  Ado  about  JYothing. 


40.     Gent. — ^Keep  a  farm  and  carters. 

Hamlet. 


41.  Be  too  wise  to  woo  peaceably. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

42.  Jig  ofl'  a  tune  at  the  tongue's  end,  canary  to  it 
with  your  feet,  humor  it  with  turning  up  your  eye- 
lids ;  sigh  a  note,  and  sing  a  note ;  sometimes 
through  the  throat,  as  if  you  swallowed  love  with 
singing  love ;  sometimes  through  the  nose,  as  if 
you  snuffed  up  love  by  smelling  love. 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 

43.  Lady. — Look  sweet,  speak  fair. 

Comedy  of  Errors. 

43      Gent. — Play  the  fool  nowhere  but  in  your  own  house. 

Htimlet. 


102     WHAT   MUST    YOU    DO   TO    WIN   THE    OXE    YOU   LOVE? 


44.        Lady. —  Hold  a  solemn  supper, 

And  request  his  presence. 

Macbeth 


44.         Gent.—  Unfold  the  passion  of  thy  love, 

Surprise  her  with  discourse  of  thy  dear  faith. 
It  becomes  you  well  to  act  thy  woes  ; 
She  will  attend  it. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

45-        Lady. —  Laugh  him  out  of  patience  ; 

laugh  him  into  patience. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 


45.         Gent. —  Sleek  o'er  your  rugged  looks  ; 

Be  bi"ight  and  jovial. 

Macbeth. 


46.  JDo  nothing  but  eat  and  make  good  cheer. 
And  praise  heaven  for  the  merry  year. 

Henry  JV. 

47.  Lady. —  Sit  alone 

And  to  the  nightingale's  comjolaining  notes 
Tunc  your  distresses  and  record  your  woes. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

47.     Gent.  —  Woo  her  with  spirit 

Say  that  she  rail ;  why,  then,  tell  her  plainly, 
She  sings  as  sweetly  as  a  nightingale  ; — 
Say  she  be  mute,  and  will  not  speak  a  wonl 


WHAT    MUST    YOU    DO    TO    WI.V   THE    OXE    TOIT    LOVK  ?       103 

Why,  then,  commend  her  volubility  ; 

If  she  deny  to  wed,  why  crave  the  day 

Wlien  you  shall  a.sk  the  banns,  and  when  be  married. 

Taming  the  Shrew. 

48.  Do  not,  for  one  repulse,  forego  the  purpose 
That  you  have  resolved  to  effect. 

Tempest. 

49.  Lady. —         Get  your  jewels  and  your  wealth  to- 
gether. 

As  You  Like  It. 


49.         Gent. —  Settle  and  bend  up 

Each  corporal  agent  to  this  terrible  feat. 

Macbeth. 


50.        Lady. — Spend    liquid    tears,    or    heart-ofifending 
groans. 

Or  blood-consuming  sighs 

be  blind  with  weeping,  sick  with  groans, 

Look  pale  as  primrose. 

Henry  IV. 

50.        Gent. — Win  her  with  gifts,  if  she  respect  not  words  ; 
Dumb  jewels  often  in  their  silent  kind, 
More  than  quick  words  do  move  a  woman's  mind. 
Two   Gentlemen  of  Verona. 


QUESTION  X. 


tm  fou  Sbw  it  iHarittti? 


'  Wedding  is  great  Juno's  crown ; 

A  blessed  bond  of  board  and  bed  I 
'Tis  Hymen  peoples  every  town  ; 

High  wedlock,  then,  be  honored  : 
Honor,  high  renown  and  honor, 
To  Hymen,  god  of  every  town." 

As  You  Like  It. 


"  Kneel  and  pray 
For  happy  wedlocli  hours." 

Merchant  of  Venice. 


WILL  YOU  EVER  BE  MARRIED  T 


1.         Lady. —  It  were  all  one 

That  you  should  love  a  bright  particular  star, 
And  think  to  wed  it,  he  is  so  above  thee. 

AlVs  Well  that  Ends  Well. 

1.  Gent. — She  is  a  woman,  therefore,  may  be  wooed  ; 
She  is  a  woman,  therefore,  may  be  won. 

Titus  Andronicus. 

2.  Your  nuptial  hour 

Draws  on  apace  ;  four  happy  days  bring  in 
Another  moon. 

Mids  iimmer  JVighVs  ■'Dream . 

3.  Lady. — By  my  troth,  you  will  never  get  thee  a 
husband  if  thou  be  so  shrewd  of  thy  tongue. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

3.         Gent. — You  shall  live  a  bachelor. 

Much  Ado  about  A'othmg. 


108  wu.Aj  you  ever  be  married  ? 

4.  The  bud  of  love,  by  summer's  ripening  breath, 
Will  i^rove  a  beauteous  flower. 

Romeo  and  Juliet 

5.  But  s^crew  your  courage  to  the  sticking  place, 

And  you'll  not  fail. 

Macbeth. 


6.         Lady. — I  think  if  your  husband  were  dead,  you 
would  marry. 

Merry  Wioes  of  Windsor. 


Q,         Gent. — The  bride  is  ready  to  go  to  church. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

7.  You  are  betrothed  ; 
Nay,  more  :   your  marriage  hour, 

With  all  the  cunning  manner  of  your  flight, 
Determined  of,  how  j'ou  must  climb  from  window, 
The  ladder  made  of  cords  ;  and  all  the  means 
Plotted  and  'greed  on  for  your  happiness. 

Two  Gentlmen  of  Verona. 

8.  Thou,  perhaps,  mayst  move 

The  heart  that  now  abhors,  to  like  thy  love. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

9.  Lady. — I  hope  there  will  come  a  time,  for  I  never 
knew  a  woman  so  dote  upon  a  man. 

.Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 


WILL    YOU    EVER    BE    MAKr4IED?  109 

9.     Gent. — -  None  but  you  shall  have  her, 

Though   twenty  thousand   worthier  come   to  crave 
her. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 


10.     If  money  were  as  certain  as  your  waiting, 

'Twere  sure  enough. 

Timon  of  Athens. 


11.     This  couple  shall  eternally  be  knit. 

Midsummer  JVighth  Bream. 

12.  You  shall  have  your  will ; 

Yet  hasty  marriage  seldom  proveth  well. 

Henry  VI. 

13.  Lady. — You  may  sit  in  the  corner  and  cry.  Heigh 

ho  !  for  a  husband. 

Much  Ado  about  J\~othing. 

13.  Gent. — Seeing  you  shall  love  her,  and  loving  woo, 

and  wooing,  she  shall  grant. 

As  You  Like  It. 

14.  Aslc  my  dog :  if  he  say,  ay,  you  will ;  if  he  say  no, 
you  will ;  if  he  shake  his  tail  and  say  nothing,  you 
will. 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 

15.  I  should  condemn  it,  as  an  improbable  fiction. 

Twelfth  Anp-hf. 


110  WILL  YOU  EVER  BE  MARRIEB  ? 

16.     Lady. — Get  thee  to  a  nunnery. 


Hamlet. 


16.  Gent. — Marry  her,  with  my  best  endeavors. 

Winter's  Tale. 

17.  Yonr  suit  is  desperate,  undertake  no  more. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 


18,     Lady. —        I  hope  your  virtues 
Will  bring  him. 

Hamlet. 


18.     Gent. — She  does  receive  your  oflfered  love,  like  love, 
And  will  not  wrong  it. 

Hamlet. 


19.  You  will  marry  at  your  request,  yet  if  there  be  no 
great  love  at  the  beginning,  heaven  will  decrease  it 
upon  better  acquaintance,  when  you  are  married  and 
have  more  occasion  to  know  one  another. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 


20.     Indeed  you  shall  not. 

Coriolanus. 


21,     Lndi;. — T  hope  to  see  you  one  day  fitted  with  a  hus- 
band. 

Much  Ado  about  jVothing. 


■WILL    rot    KTER    UK    MARKIKD  ?  Ill 

21.  Gent. — She  is  yours  for  ever. 

Winter^s  Tale. 

22.  Grod,  the  best  maker  of  all  marriages, 
Combine  yoiir  hearts  in  one,  your  realms  in  one  ; 
As  man  and  wife  being  two,  are  one  in  love. 

Henry  V. 

23.  There's  some  ill  planet  reigns  : 

You  must  be  patient  till  the  heavens  look 
With  an  aspect  more  favorable. 

Winter^s  Tale. 

24.  You'll  join  forthwith  in  holy  wedlock  bands. 

Henry  VI. 

25.  Lady. — I  hope  he'll  prove  a  widower  shortly, 
Till  then,  wear  the  willow  garland  for  his  sake. 

Henry  VI. 

25.  Gent. — Jack  shall  have  Jill ; 
Naught  shall  go  ill. 

Midsummer  JVight^s  Dream. 

26.  Sell  when  you  can,  you  are  not  for  all  markets. 

As  You  Like  II. 

27.  Yes — underneath  the  consecrated  roof, 

Von  '11  plight  the  full  assurance  of  your  faith. 

Twelfth  JSri.^ht. 


112  WILL    YOU    EVER    BE    .\L\KKIED  ? 

28.     Lady. — You  will  endure  the  livery  of  a  nun, 
Grow,  live,  and  die  la  single  blessedness. 

Midsummer  JVight's  Dream. 

28.     Gent. — God  will  match  you  with  a  good  dancer. 
Much  Ado  about  JVothins. 


29.  Hymen  will  your  hands, 

Unite  commutual,  in  most  sacred  bands. 

Hamlet. 


30.  Like  a  fair  edifice  built  upon  another  man's  ground, 
you  will  lose  your  house  by  mistaking  the  place 
where  to  erect  it. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 


31. you  will  wed- 


Witli  pomp,  with  triumph,  and  with  revelling. 

Midsummer  JVight's  Drea/ni, 

32.     Lady. — Choose  thy  husband,  and  I'll  pay  the  dower. 
AlVs  Well  that  Ends  Well. 

£2.     Ge7it. — Sir,  the  maid  loves  you,  and  all  shall  be  well. 
Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 


2^,     The  heavens  will  not  have 
Your  contract  celebrated. 

Winter's  Tale. 


WILL    YOU    EVEK    BE    MAllKIED  ?  113 


34.  Prepare  for  marriage 

And  may  your  oaths,  well  kept  and  prosperous  be. 

Henri/  V. 

35.  The  story  of  your  loves  discovered, 

a  day  of  marriage  shall  be  yours  ; 

One  feast,  one  house,  one  mutual  happiness, 

Two  Gentlemen  of  Veroiia. 

36.  A  solemn  combination  shall  be  made 
Of  your  dear  souls. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

37.  Lady. — There  stays  a  husband  to  make  you  a  wife. 

Romeo  arid  Juliet. 

37.  Gent. — ^Bring  you  the  maid,  you  shall  not  lack  a 

priest. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

38.  The  stars  I  see,  will  kiss  the  valleys  first. 

Wi?iter^s  Tale. 

39.  The  catastrophe  will  be  a  nuptial. 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 


40,     Lady. — Himself  and  what  is  his,  to  you  and  youra 
shall  be  converted. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 


114  WILL    you   EVER   BE   MARRIED  ? 

40.     Gent. —  You  unworthy  are 

To  woo  so  fair  a  dame  to  be  your  wife, 
And  have  no  portion  in  her  choice. 

Henry  Vl. 


41.     Let  your  wedding  be  to-morrow. 

As  You  Like  It. 


42.  Not  until  seven  half-penny  loaves  are  sold  for  a 
penny,  and  the  three-hooped  pot  shall  have  ten 
hoops. 

Henry  VI. 

43.  Lady. — Bait  the  hook  well,  the  fish  will  bite. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

43.     Gent. — Clap  on  more  sails  ;  pursue,  up  with  your 
fights,  give  fire,  she  is  your  prize. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor, 


44.     You  may  not,  verily. 

Winter's  Tale. 


45.  i  hope  all  will  be  well,  we  must  be  patient. 

Hamlet. 

46.  You  will  be  conjoined 

In  the  estate  of  honorable  marriage. 

.Much  .Mo  about  JVothing. 


W'lIX    TOU    EVER   BE    MAKUIKD  ?  115 

47.  I  >i^7  we  will  have  uo  more  maiTiages. 

Hatnlet. 

48.  Name  the  day  of  marriage  aad  God  give  you  joy. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

49.  The  weak  wanton  Cupid, 

Shall  from  your  neck  unloose  his  amorous  folds, 
And  like  a  dew-drop  from  a  lion's  mane 
Be  shook  to  airy  air. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 

50.  Put  on  your  best  array,  bid  your  friends,  for  if  you 
will  be  married  to-morrow,  you  shall. 

As  You  Like  II. 


QUESTION  XI. 


^az  misi  taSx  gou  a  fartialfts? 


"  Every  man  hath  business  and  desire, 
Such  as  it  is." 


Hamlet. 


"  Guide  my  pleasures." 

King  Lear. 

"  To  business  that  we  love  we  rise  betimes, 
And  go  to  it  with  delight." 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 


FOE  WHAT  HAVE  YOU  A  PARTIALITY? 


1.  Music- 


As  it  comes  o'er  the  ear  like  the  sweet  south, 
That  breathes  upon  a  bank  of  violets, 
Stealing  and  giving  odor. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

to  sleep  ; — 


No  more. 

Hamlet. 

3,  You  liail  rather  be  at  a  breakfast  of  enemies,  than  a 
dinner  of  friends. 

Thnon  of  Athenst. 

4.  Apricots  and  dewberries, 

purple  grapes,  green  figs,  and  mulberries. 

Midsummer  A'lght's  Dream. 


5.     Nature  is  thy  goddess,  to  her  law 
Thy  services  are  bound. 

Kins:  Lear. 


120  i'<JK    VVHAT    HAVE    YOU    A    I'ARTIALITY  * 

6,    wholesome  syrups,  drugs,  and  holy  prayers. 

Comedy  of  Errors. 


7.    Cats  and  blind  puppies. 

Othello 


8.  To  you 

The  purest  treasure  mortal  times  afford, 
Is,  spotless  reputation. 

Richard  II. 

9,  Porridge  after  meat. 

Troilus  aiid  Cressida. 

10.  Grandsires,  babies,  and  old  women. 

Henry  V. 

11.    plate  of  rare  device,  and  jewels  of  rich  and 

and  exquisite  form. 

Cymheline. 

12.  You  would  not  lose  your  dog  for  twenty  pounds. 

Tamins  the  Shrew. 


13,     You'll  rhyme  eight  years  together  :  dinners,  suppers, 
and  bleeping  hours  excepted. 

As  You  Like  It. 


14.     Children's  voices. 

Coriolanns. 


FOR   WHAT   HAVE    TOU    A    P.UITLUJTY  ?  121 

15.    some  pigeons,  a  couple  of  short  legged  hens,  a 

joint  of  mutton,  or  any  pretty  little  tiny  kickshaws. 

Henry  IV. 


16.     A  gossip's  feast. 

Comedy  of  Eryors. 


17.     You  give  to  dust  that  is  a  little  gilt, 
More  laud  than  gilt  o'er  dusted. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 


18.     A  pot  of  good  double  beer. 

Henry  VI. 


19  fnuocent  sleep ; 

Sleep  that  knits  up  the  ravell'd  sleave  of  care, 
The  death  of  each  day's  life,  sore  labor's  bath, 
Balm  of  hurt  minds,  great  nature's  second  course, 
Chief  nourisher  in  life's  feast. 

Macbeth. 


20.     For  love,  for  wealth,  for  pomp,  you  pine. 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 


21.  Such  stuif 

As  dreams  are  made  of. 

Tempest. 

22.  Epicurean  cooks,  who 
Sharpen  with  cloyles.s  sauce  the  appetite. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 
6 


122 


FOR   WHAT   HAVE   YOU   A   PARTIALITY  ? 


23.  Adversity's  sweet  milk,  philosophy 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

24.  The  shadowy  desert,  unfrequented  woods, 

You  better  brook  than  flourishing  peopled  towns. 
Two  Gentlemen  of  Verona. 


25.     A  fellowship  in  a  cry  of  players. 


Hamlet. 


26.    prophecies  and  dreams, 

And  such  like  toys  as  these. 


Richard  HI. 


27.     Thy  spirit,  with  divine  ambition  puffed, 
Makes  mouths  at  the  invisible  event ; 
Exposing  what  is  mortal  and  unsure, 
To  all  that  fortune,  death,  and  danger  dare, 
Even  for  an  egg-shell. 

Hamlet. 


28.    Traffic  's  thy  god. 


Timon  of  Athens. 


29,     the  pert  and  nimble  spirit  of  mirth  ; 

You'd  turn  melancholy  forth  to  funerals. 
The  pale  companion  is  not  for  your  pomp. 

.Midsumrnrr  .\''ififit\s  TVeam. 


FOR   WHAT  HAVE   TOO  A  FAKTIAUTT  ?  123 

30.    thou  hadst  rather, 

Follow  thiue  enemy  in  a  fiery  gulf, 
Than  flatter  him  in  a  bower. 

Coriolanus. 

31.    for  haunting  assemblies, 

Where  youth,  and  cost,  and  witless  bravery  keep. 

Tempent. 

32.  To  eat,  drink,  and  sleep. 

AlVs  Well  that  Ends  Well. 

33.  Dreams ; 
Which  are  the  children  of  an  idle  brain, 
Begot  of  nothing  but  vain  fantasy. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

34.  A  calf  s  head  and  a  capon. 

Much  Ado  about  J^othing. 

35.  Music  ; — yet 

You  are  never  merry,  when  you  hear  sweet  music  : 

The  reason  is,  your  spirits  are  attentive  : 

For  do  but  note  a  wild  and  wanton  herd, 

Or  race  of  youthful  and  unhandled  colts. 

Fetching  mad  bounds,  bellowing,  and  neighing  loud. 

Which  is  the  hot  condition  of  their  blood  ; 

If  they  but  hear  perchance  a  trumpet  sound, 

Or  any  air  of  music  touch  their  cars. 

You  shall  perceive  them  make  a  mutual  stand, 

Thrir  savage  eyes  turn'd  to  a  modest  p.nzo. 


124  ™K   WHAT    UA.rE    TOU    A   FARTLVLITT  ? 


By  the  sweet  power  of  musio 


naught  so  stockish,  hard,  and  full  of  rage, 

But  music  for  the  time  doth  cliange  his  nature  : 

The  man  that  hath  no  music  in  himself, 

Nor  is  not  moved  with  concord  of  sweet  sounds. 

Is  fit  for  treasons,  stratagems,  and  spoils  ; 

The  motions  of  his  spirit  are  as  dull  as  night, 

And  his  affections  darli  as  Erebus  ; 

Let  no  such  man  be  trusted. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 

36.  A  cup  of  sack. 

Henry  IV. 

37.  Thy  glory  is  to  subdue  men. 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 

38.  Report  of  fashions  in  proud  Italy  ; 
"Whose  manners  still  our  tardy  apish  nation 
Limps  after  in  base  imitation. 


39.    Your  dinner. 


40.    Porridge  and  fat  beef. 


Richard  IL 


Othello. 


Henry  V. 


41,     Thou  hadst  rather  brook  the  loss  of  brittle  life. 
Than  those  proud  titles  thou  hast  won. 

Henry  IV. 


FOR   WHAT   HAVE    YOD   A   PAETLaXJTr  ?  125 

42.     a  uidou-  aunt,  a  dowager 

Of  great  revenue,  and  she  hath  no  child. 

Midsumuier  jYight's  Dream. 

43.  Rats,  and  mice,  and  such  small  deer. 

King  Lear. 

44.  Tickling  the  senseless  rushes  with  your  heels. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

45.  "Wine  and  feeding,  rather  than  priest-like  fasts. 

Coriolaniis. 

46.    you  are  not  covetous  for  gold  ; 

But  if  it  be  a  sin  to  covet  honor, 
You  are  the  most  offending  soul  alive. 

Henry  V. 

47.  A  cup  of  hot  wine  without  a  drop  of  allaying  Tyber. 

Coriolaniis. 

48.  Pride,  pomp,  and  circumstance  of  glorious  war. 

Othello. 

49.  Gold  !  yellow,  glittering,  precious  gold. 

Timon  of  Athe7is. 


126  FOH    WHAT    HAVE    YOU    A    PAKTLU.ITT  ? 

50.  Your  horse,  yon  would  not  change  him  for  any 
that  treads  on  four  pasterns ;  he  trots  the  air  ;  earth 
sings  when  he  touches  it  ;  the  basest  horn  of  hi.s 
hoof  is  more  musical  than  the  pipe  of  Hermes  :  he  is 
pure  air  and  fire  ;  and  the  dull  elements  of  earth 
and  water  never  appear  in  him,  bnt  only  in  patient 
stillness  while  the  rider  mounts  him  :  he  is  indeed  a 
horse.  • 

Henry  V. 


QUESTION  XII. 


^\)cd  foill  gou  lai>t  ©tcasion  to  Jtar  ? 


'  Be  wary best  safety  lies  in  fear." 

ffamlet. 


■  for  thy  good  caution,  thanks, 


Thou  hast  harped  my  fears  aright." 

Alaebetk. 


WHAT  WILL  YOU  HAVE  OCCASION  TO  FEAR? 


1.     Ingi'atitude  !  that  marble-hearted  fiend, 
More  hideous. 


Than  the  sea  monster. 


2.,     The  pangs  of  despised  love. 


Kiris  Lear. 


Hamlet. 


3.    That  monster,  custom,  who  all  sense  doth  eat. 

Hamlet. 


4.  That  sly  devil ; 

That  broker,  that  still  breaks  the  pate  of  faith  ; 
That  daily  break-vow  ;  he  that  wins  of  all, 
That  smooth-faced  gentleman,  tickling  commodity. 
Commodity  the  bias  of  the  world. 

King  John. 


5.     The  subtle  Llood  of  the  grape. 

Timon  of  Athens. 
6* 


130  WHAT   WILL   YOU    HAVE    OCCA^SION   TO    FEAR? 

6.     Open-eyed  conspiracy, 

If  of  life  you  keep  a  care, 
Shake  off  slumber  and  beware, 
Awake !  awake  ! 

Tempest. 


7.    a  deed  without  a  name. 

Macbeth. 


8.  Smiling  pick-thanks,  and  base  news-mongers. 

Henry  IV. 

9.    I  charge  tliee,  fling  away  ambition  ; 

By  that  sin  fell  the  angels,  how  can  man  then, 
The  image  of  his  maker,  hope  to  win  by  it  ? 

Henry  VHI. 


10.    The  cannibals  that  each  other  eat. 

Othello. 


11,    Self-love  : —  tho'  'tis  not  so  vile  a  sin, 
As  self-neglecting. 

Henry  V. 


12.    A  Bailiff. 

Winter^  Tale. 


13.    The  infinite  flatteries  that  follow  youth  and  opulency. 

Timon  of  Athens. 


WIIAl    WnX    YOU    HAVE    OCCASION    TO    FEAR?  131 

14.     Thriftless  ambitioa,  that  will  raven  up 
Thine  own  life's  means. 

Macbeth. 


15.  Scoffs  and  scorns,  and  contumelious  taunts, 

In  the  open  market  place. 

Henry  VI. 


16.  Pride  ;  he  that  is  proud  eats  up  himself :  pride  is  his 
own  glass,  his  own  trumpet,  his  own  chronick",  and 
whatever  praises  itself  but  in  the  deed,  devours  the 
deed  in  praise. 

Troilus  and  Cressida. 


17.    Lean  faced  envy. 

Henry  VI. 


18.    Plutus,  the  god  of  gold. 

Timon  of  Athens. 


19.     The  being  benetted  round  with  villainies. 

Hamlet. 


20.    Nightly  revels  and  new  jollity. 

Midsummer  JVight's  Dream. 


21.    The  sin  of  covetousness. 

Twelfth  JVight. 


132         vmxT  WILL  TOO  ha\i<;  occ^vsion  to  h-K.ui  ? 

22.     Idleness,  which  doth  hatch — 
—  ten  thousand  harms. 

Antony  and  Cleopatra. 


23.     Lady. — A  foolish  suitor. 

Cynibeline. 


23.     Gent. — The  venom  clamors  of  a  jealous  woman  ; 
Poison  more  deadly,  than  a  mad  dog's  tooth. 

Comedy  of  Errors. 


24.    thieves  !  thieves  !  thieves  ! 

Look  to  your  house, youi-  bags  ! 

Thieves !  thieves ! 

Othello. 


25.  The  being  assailed  by  robbers. 

Henry  V. 

26.  The  censures  of  the  carping  world. 

Richard  111. 


27.    Deceit,  which  dwells  in  gorgeous  palaces. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


28.     Quips  and  sentences,  and  these  paper  bullets  of  tlie 
brain,  shall  awe  you  from  the  career  of  your  humor. 
Mucli  Ado  about  A^othinir. 


WHAT   WILL   YOU  HAVE    OCCASION   TO   FEAR?  133 

29.  Necessity's  sharp  pinch. 

ITing  Lear. 

30.  Beware  of  jealousy  ; 

It  is  the  green-eyed  monster,  which  doth  mock 
The  meat  it  feeds  on. 

Othello. 


31.     Sorrows,  when  they  come,  they  come  not  single  spies, 
Bnt  in  battalions. 

Hamlet. 


32.  Supernatural  soliciting, 

Which  shall  unfix  your  hair, 

And  malvc  your  seated  heart  knock  at  your  ribs, 
Against  the  use  of  nature. 

Macbeth. 


33.    moving  accidents,  by  .flood  and  field. 

Othello. 


34.     The  shrug,  the  hum,  or  ha  ;  these  petty  brands 

That  calumny  doth  use, 

for  calumny  will  sear 

Virtue  itself. 

Winters  Tale, 


35.    lleart's  discontent,  and  sour  affliction. 

Henri/  VI. 


134  WliAT    WILL    YOU   HAVK    OCCASION    TO    FEAR  ? 

36.  Laad  rats  and  water  rats,  water  thieves  and  land 
thieves,  I  mean  pirates. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 

37.     doubts,  which  are  traitors, 

And  make  us  lose  the  good  we  oft  might  win, 
By  fearing  to  attempt. 

Measure  for  Measure. 

38.  The  oppressor's  wrong,  the  proud  man's  contumely, 
•  the  law's  delay, 

The  insolence  of  office,  and  the  spurns 
That  patient  merit  of  the  unworthy  takes. 

Hamlet. 

39.  Wooing,  wedding,  and  repenting. 

Much  Ado  about  J^othing. 

40.  Dissolutions  of  ancient  amities  ;  menaces  and  male- 
dictions, needless  differences,  banishment  of  friends, 
and  I  know  not  what. 

King  Lear. 

41.  The  toothache. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

42.    back  wounding  calumny,  which 

The  whitest  virtue  strikes  :  what  king  so  strong, 
Can  tie  the  gall  up  in  a  slanderous  tongue. 

Measure  for  Measure. 


WHAT   WILL   YOO   HAVE   OCCASION  TO    FEAR  ?  135 

43.  The  smiles  of  knaves. 

Coriolanus. 

44.  Slander ! 

Whose  edge  is  sharper  than  the  sword  ;  whose  tongue 
Out-venoms  all  the  worms  of  Nile  ;  whose  breath 
Rides  on  the  fostering  winds,  and  doth  belie 
All  corners  of  the  world :  kings,  queens,  and  states, 
Maids,  matrons,  nay,  the  secrets  of  the  grave, 
This  viperous  slander  enters. 

Cymbeline. 

45.  Malice ! —  a  great  and  grievous  sin. 

Henry  VI. 

46.    the  rugged  Russian  bear. 

The  armed  rhinoceros,  or  the  Hyrcan  tiger. 

Macbeth. 

47.  The  envious  slanders  of  false  accusers. 

Richard  III. 

48.  Wine  and  wassel  that  do  make 

memory  the  warder  of  the  brain, 

a  fume  ;  and  the  receipt  of  reason 

A  limbeck  only. 

Macbeth. 

49.  Envious  and  calumniating  time  ; 

For  beauty,  wit, 

High  birth,  vigor  of  bone,  desert  inservice, 

Love,  friendship,  charity,  are  subject  all  to  't. 

Troilub  and  Crescidu. 


136  WHAT   WILL   YOU   HAVE    OCCASION   TO   FEAR? 

50.     This receive  as  certain  : 

those  you  make  your  friends 

And  give  your  heart  to,  when  they  once  perceive 
The  least  rub  in  your  fortunes,  will  fall  away 
Like  water  from  you,  never  found  again 
But  where  they  mean  to  sink  you. 

Henry  VIII. 


QUESTION  XIII 


mUi  is  ioiir  i§tslin2 ' 


"  Thither  he 
Will  come  to  know  his  destiny." 


Macbeth. 


'  Our  indiscretion  sometimes  serves  us  well, 
When  our  deep  plots  do  fall :  and  that  should  teach  us 
There's  a  divinity  that  shapes  our  ends, 
Rough  hew  them  how  we  will." 

namlet. 


WHAT  IS  YOUR  DESTINY  ? 


1.  Earth's  increase,  and  foison  plenty  ; 
Barns  and  garners  never  empty  ; 
Vines  with  clustering  bunches  growing  ; 
Plants  with  goodly  burden  bowing  ; 
Spring  come  to  you  at  the  farthest, 

In  the  end  of  every  harvest : 
Scarcity  and  want  shall  shun  you  ; 
Ceres"  blessing  so  is  on  you. 

Tempest. 

2.  If  you  are  used  after  your  desert,  you  shall   not 
'scape  wliipping. 

Hamlet. 

3.  You'll  be  set  quick  i'  the  earth. 
And  bowled  to  death  with  turnips. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

4.  The  dews  of  Heaven  fall  thicli  in  blessings  on  you. 

Henry  VHI. 


140  WHAT   IS    YOUK    DESTINY? 

5.    the  fair  goddess  fortune 

Falls  deep  io  love  with  you. 


Coriolarius. 


6,     with  eyes  of  heavy  mind, 

I  see  thy  glory,  like  a  shooting  star. 
Fall  to  the  base  earth  from  the  firmament ! 
Thy  sun  sets  weeping  in  the  lowly  west, 
Witnessing  storms  to  come,  woe,  and  unrest : 
Thy  friends  are  fled  to  wait  upon  thy  foes  : 
And  crossly  to  thy  good  all  fortune  goes. 

Richard  II. 

7,  Prosperity! — the  very  bond  of  love. 

Winter's  Tale. 

8,  Lady. — To  waste  the  treasure  of  your  time  with  a 

foolish  liuight. 

Twelfth  J\lght. 

8,  Gent. — To  build  upon  a  foolish  woman's  promise. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

9.  Th(ju  would'st  be  great ; 
Art  not  without  ambition,  but  without 
The  illness  sliould  attend  it. 

Macbeth. 

10,     I'll  "kvarrant  thee  from  drowning,  though  thy  ship 
were  no  stronger  than  a  mit-sboU. 

Tempest. 


WHAT   IS   TOCR   DESTINY?  141 

11.  Affliction  is  enamoured  of  thy  parts. 
And  thou  art  wedded  to  calamity. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

12.  All  present  woes  shall  serve, 
For  sweet  discourses,  in  the  time  to  come. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

13.  You'll  make  a  swan-like  end,  fading  to  music. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 

14.  You  shall  not  die  for  lack  of  a  dinner. 

.is  You  Like  It. 

15.  Y'our  memory  will  outlive  your  life-time  half  a  year. 

Hamlet. 

16.  Rich  only  to  be  wretched  ;  thy  great  fortunes, 
Will  be  thy  chief  afflictions. 

Timon  of  Athens. 

17.  To  have  your  nose  snapped  ofl'  by  an  old  man  with- 
out teeth. 

Much  Ado  about  JS^othing. 

18.  Be  not  afraid  of  greatness  :  some  are  born  great, 
some  achieve  greatness,  and  some  have  greatness 
thrust  upon  them.  Thy  fates  open  their  hands,  let 
thy  blood  and  .spirits  embrace  them. 

Twelfth  JVight. 


142  WHAT   IS    TOUR   DESTINY  ? 

19.  To  be  boiled  to  death  with  melancholy. 

Twelfth  JVight. 

20.  To  pluck  bright  honor  from  the  pale-faced  moon  ; 
Or  dive  into  the  bottom  of  the  deep, 

Where  fathom  line  could  never  touch  the  ground, 
And  pluck  up  drowned  honor  by  the  locks. 

Henry  IV. 

21.  Fame,  that  all  hunt  after  in  their  lives, 
Shall  be  registered  upon  thy  brazen  tomb. 

Lovers  Labor  Lost. 

22.  You  will  be 

Bereft  and  gelded  of  your  patrimony. 

Richard  IL 

23.  There's  pippins  and  cheese  to  come. 

Merry  Wives  of  Windsor. 

24.  Great  shall  be  your  comfort  in  this  earthly  vale, 
Although  by  your  sight,  your  sin  be  multiplied. 

Henry  VI 

25_  When  your  May  of  life 

Has  fallen  into  the  sere,  the  yellow  leaf : 
All  that  which  should  accompany  old  age, 
As  honor,  love,  obedience,  troops  of  friends 
You  must  not  look  to  have. 

Macbeth. 


WHAT   IS   TOUR   DESTINY  ?  143 

26.  Out  of  the  nettle  danger,  you'll  pluck  the  flower 

safety. 

Henry  IV. 

27.  You'll  find  the  joys  of  Heaven,  here  on  earth. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 

28.  Under  love's  heavy  burden  you  will  sink. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 

29.  You'll  be  stabbed  with  a  black  eye,  shot  through 
the  ear  with  a  love-song  ;  the  very  pin  of  your  heart 
cleft  with  the  blind  boy's  butt-shaft. 

Romeo  and  Juliet. 


30.  You  will  have  your  rights, 
With  boot,  and  such  addition  as  your  honors 

Have  more  than  merited. 

King  Lear. 

31.  We'll  wail  the  dimming  of  your  shining  star. 

Richard  III. 

32.  Y'ou  will  be  cabin'd,  cribbed,  confined,  bound  in 
To  saucy  doubts  and  fears. 

J\Iacbeth 


33.     Lady. —  All  graces. 

With  all  the  virtues  that  attend  the  good, 
Shall  still  be  doubled  on  you. 

Henry  VIII. 


144  WHAT   IS    YOUR   DSSTIXY  ? 

S3.     Gent.—  You  shall  have 

Large  sums  of  gold,  and  doweries  with  jour  wife. 

Henry   VI. 

34.  You  11  be  set  high  iu  fame. 

All's  Well  that  Erids  Well. 

35.  To  shape  your  old  course  ia  a  country  new. 

Ki7is  Lear, 


36.        your  life  exempt  from  pulilic  haunt,  will  find 

tongues  in  trees,  books  in  running  brooks,  sermons  in 
stones,  and  good  in  everything. 

Jls  You  Like  It. 


37.  ^Vhen  you  fall,  you'll  fall  lilie  Lucifer, 
Never  to  hope  again. 

He7iry  VIIL 

38.  I  ^'ill  not  bs  sworn,  but  love  will  transform  you 
into  an  oyster. 

Much  Jldo  about  JVothing. 

39.  Lady. — A  house  and  servants  shall  be  j'ours. 

Merchant  of  Venice, 

39.     Gent. — A  wife,  a  board,  fair  iiealth  and  honesty, 
"With  threefold  love  you  shall  have  all  these  three. 
Love's  Labor  Lost. 


WHAT   IS    TODR   DESTIXT  ?  146 

40.    you  will  lead  a  private  life, 

And  ill  devotion  spend  your  latter  days  ; 
To  sin's  rebuke  and  thy  Creator's  praise. 

Henry  VI 

41.  You  will  wear  an  undeserved  dignity  : 
0  that  estates,  degrees,  and   offices, 

Were  purchased  by  the  merit  of  the  wearer ! 
How  many  then  should  cover,  that  stand  bare, 
How  many  be  commanded,  that  command  ? 
How  much  low  peasantry  would  then  be  gleaned 
From  the  true  seed  of  honor  ?  and  how  much  honor 
Picked  from  the  chaff  and  ruin  of  the  times 
To  be  new  varnished. 

Merchant  of  Venice. 

42.  Lady. — I  know  you'll  love  in  vain,  strive  against 

hope  ; 
Yet  in  this  captious  and  untenable  sieve, 
You'll  still  pour  in  your  love. 

AWs  Well  that  Ends  Well. 

42.  Gent. — This  is  your  charge,  you  shall  comprehend 

all  vagrom  men. 

Much  Ado  about  JVothing. 

43.  Thou  Shalt  be 
Advanced  above  pale  envy's  threatening  reach  ; 
As  when  the  golden  sun  salutes  the  morn, 

And  having  gilt  the  ocean  with  his  beams, 
Gallops  the  zodiac  in  his  glistening  coach, 
And  over-looks  the  highest  peering  hills. 

Titus  Jlndronicu^. 

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146  WHAT    IS    YOUR   DESTIKy  ? 

44.  My  strong  imagiuatiun  sees  a  crowu 

Droppiug  upou  tliy  head. 

Tempeat, 

45.  Thou  'It  be  uudoue  by  goodness. 

Tiinon  of  Athens. 


46.     To  be  coutcmned  and  flattered. 

Kins  Lear. 


47,     Be  thou  as  pure  as  suow,  as  chaste  as  ice,  thou  ishalt 
not  escape  calumny. 

Hani/ct. 


48.     Your  life  will  be  a  voyage  rich  with,- 
Moi'chandise. 


.Midsummer  .JMg/it's  Dream. 

49.  You   have   touched  the  highest  point   of  all  your 

greatness ; 
And  from  the  full  meridian  of  your  glory, 
You  haste  now  to  your  setting  :  you  shall  fall 
Like  a  bright  exhalation  in  the  evening, 
And  no  man  see  you  more. 

Henri/  VIII. 

50.  Houor,  riches,  marriage-blessings. 
Long  continuance,  and  increasing, 
Hourly  joys  be  still  upon  you  ! 
Juno  sings  her  blessings  on  you. 

Tempest. 


AX    El'lLOULli.  147 

If  we  shadows  have  offended, 
Think  but  this  (and  all  is  mended), 
That  you  have  but  slumbered  here, 
While  these  visions  did  appear. 
And  this  weak  and  idle  theme, 
No  more  yielding  but  a  dream, 
Gentles,  do  not  reprehend ; 
If  you  pardon  we  will  mend. 
And  as  I'm  an  honest  Puck, 
If  we  have  unearned  luck, 
Now  to  'scape  the  serpents  tongue, 
AVe  will  make  amends  ere  long  : 
Else  the  Puck  a  liar  call. 
So,  good  night  unto  you  all. 
Give  me  your  hands,  if  we  be  friends, 
And  Robin  shall  restore  amends. 

Midaummcr  JVi'ikt's  Dream. 


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